Mine Index 3184 Madison Coal Corporation, Tilden Mine

Mine Index Number: 3184

Company Name:	Madison Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Tilden Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	March 1919
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	755 The area shown on the accompanying map for the Tilden Mine could not be separated from the Crystal Mine (mine index 0208). The area shown is for both mines.
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

Randolph

4S 5W

6

NE SW NE

Air shaft

Randolph

4S 5W

6

NE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

186

6.0-6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tilden Mining Company (add)	Tilden (add)	1887-1889	4,100

R. A. Torrens (add)	Tilden (add)	1889-1890	5,617

Tilden Coal Company (add)	Tilden (add)	1890-1896	77,876

William Goddard (add)	Tilden (add)	1896-1898	63,432

Donk Brothers Coal and Coke Company (add)	Tilden (add)	1898-1901	170,157

Tilden Coal Company (add)	Tilden (add)	1901-1907	277,145

Bessemer Washed Coal Company (add)	Tilden (add)	1907-1915 Idle 1915	224,389

Tilden Coal Company (add)	Tilden (add)	1915-1917	60,222

Madison Coal Corporation (add)	Tilden (add)	1917-1919	190,754

Total Production: 1,073,692

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company

1931

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Company map, Old Ben Collection - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.