Mine Index 2838 John Rutledge Coal Company, Rutledge Mine

Mine Index Number: 2838

Company Name:	John Rutledge Coal Company
Mine Name:	Rutledge Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1875	End Date:	1880
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Production shown reflects only 1878-1879 fiscal year; prior production unknown. The History of Madison County, published in 1882, indicated this mine was active when written; probably active 1880, perhaps through the first half of 1881.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 10W

35

SW SW

Geology

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

Colchester

65-72

2.5

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Rutledge (add)	Rutledge (add)	pre1875-1880	1,600
Total Production: 1,600

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

History of Madison County, Illinois; published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Years of operation.