Mine Index 3323   Evert Ward,   Ward No. 2 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Saline unlocated
County: Saline
Quadrangle: Harrisburg
County Coal Data: Saline
Shown On Map: No
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Evert Ward Ward 1934-1937[1] 233
McKown and Sheldon McKown and Sheldon 1938-1938 4
Evert Ward Ward No. 2 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) 1:24000[2] 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.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Idle 1937
  2. Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS quadrangle and digitized.