Mine Index 0946 Southern Illinois Minerals, Sparta No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0946

Company Name:	Southern Illinois Minerals
Mine Name:	Sparta No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1953	End Date:	1977
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	150
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Randolph

5S 5W

16

SW SW SE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

20-40

5.0-6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ritter Coal Company (add)	Red Fox No. 3 (add)	1953-1963	236,344

Eden Mining Corporation (add)	Red Fox No. 3 (add)	1963-1966	442,971

R. and N. Mining Company (add)	Red Fox No. 3 (add)	1966-1966 Idle 1967-1969	1,800

Duke Mining and Machinery Company (add)	Red Fox (add)	1970-1974 Idle 1967-1969	Not Reported

Pryor Mountain Construction and Machinery (add)	Harger (add)	1975-1975	62,921

Pine Ridge Coal Company (add)	Harger (add)	1976-1976	54,058

Southern Illinois Minerals Corporation Also known as SIMCO (add)	Sparta No. 6 (add)	1977-1977	22,367

Total Production: 820,461

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files, 7a-01-27

circa 1985

1:7454

1:7454

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine location, depth.

Coal Section files, 7a-01-27, aerial photograph used by IDNR - Mine outline, mining method.