Mine Index 2803 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Worden No. 11 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2803

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Worden No. 11 Mine
Start Date:	1877	End Date:	1887
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	174
Production Indicated Acres:	Between 37 and 44	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown is a general area of mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 7W

35

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

250-270

7.0 (6.0-8.0)

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Worden Coal Company (add)	Worden (add)	1877-1881	24,000 According to the History of Madison County, the shaft was sunk in 1876, and production began in June of 1877. Production from June 1877 to June 1878 and July 1879 to June 1881 is unknown.

Worden Coal Mining Company (add)	Worden (add)	1881-1884	142,400

Ellsworth Coal and Mining Company (add)	Ellsworth No. 11 (add)	1884-1886	44,092

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Worden No. 11 (add)	1886-1887	23,811

Total Production: 234,303

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

6-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Federal Land Bank Report - General area of mining, shaft location.

History of Madison County, Illinois; Published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Opening year, depth, thickness.