Mine Index 3323 Evert Ward, Ward No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3323

Company Name:	Evert Ward
Mine Name:	Ward No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The area was later surface-mined by Walnut Grove Mine (mine index 840), so this mine is not shown on the accompanying map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Saline

10S 6E

16

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Dekoven

18

3.33-4.33

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Evert Ward (add)	Ward (add)	1934-1937Idle 1937	233

McKown and Sheldon (add)	McKown and Sheldon (add)	1938-1938	4

Evert Ward (add)	Ward No. 2 (add)	1939-1939	180

Total Production: 417

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (G. H. Cady)

7-16-1925

(text only)

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

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352764

9-25-1942

1:1200

1:1241

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, slope location, depth, thickness.

ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mine type, slope location, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352764, reel 03140, frame 285 - Mine location.