Mine Index 2824 Ardent Coal Company, Ardent Mine

Mine Index Number: 2824

Company Name:	Ardent Coal Company
Mine Name:	Ardent Mine
Start Date:	1943	End Date:	1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 9W

25

NE NE SE

Escape shaft

Madison

6N 9W

25

SE NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

45

4.6

CRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ruff-Schrameck Coal Company (add)	Ruff-Schrameck No. 1 (add)	1943-1945	5,620

Ardent Coal Company (add)	Ardent (add)	1946-1948	23,064

Total Production: 28,684

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352390

12-10-1948

1:1200

1:1490

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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.

Microfilm map, document 352390, reel 03139, frame 31 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method.