Mine Index 2781 Coalfax Coal Company, Coalfax Mine

Mine Index Number: 2781

Company Name:	Coalfax Coal Company
Mine Name:	Coalfax Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

5N 8W

6

SW NE NW

Air shaft

Madison

5N 8W

6

SW NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

72

4.5-4.75

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John B. Ritchie (add)	Ritchie No. 1 (add)	1935-1936	795

Midway Coal Company (add)	Midway (add)	1936-1937 Idle 1937	832

Golden Glow Mine Golden Glow Mine operated by John Ritchie (mine notes) (add)	Golden Glow (add)	1938-1938	55

Coalfax Coal Company Operated by John Aljets (source map) (add)	Coalfax (add)	1938-1940	2,473

Peter and Louis Marin (add)	Coalfax (add)	1941-1941	1,081

Coalfax Coal Company (add)	Coalfax (add)	1942-1942	464 Production after map date

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352385

11-17-1941

1:600

1:910

Not final

Company map, 4103.M35 i5.1-11

10-1940

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, ownership.

Microfilm map, document 352385, reel 03139, frame 22 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.M35 i5.1-11 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method, operator name.