Mine Index 3506 Eldnar Coal Company, Eldnar Mine

Mine Index Number: 3506

Company Name:	Eldnar Coal Company
Mine Name:	Eldnar Mine
Start Date:	1911	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	320
Acres after map date:	32	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

11

SW NW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

11

NW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

110-150

6.0-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Randle and Miller (add)	Randle and Miller (add)	1911-1912	none

Eldnar Coal Company (add)	Eldnar (add)	1912-1929	1,790,505

Eldnar Coal Company (add)	Eldnar (add)	1929-1937	183,954 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,974,459

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351053

9-15-1929

1:2400

1:4634

Not final

Microfilm, document 350968

6-25-1953

1:2400

1:4966

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351053, reel 03134, frames 150,151 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 350968, reel 03134, frames 26, 27, map of St. Louis & O'Fallon Coal Company, No. 2 (mine index 0416) - Mine outline (northeast lobe).

Federal Land Bank Report (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth.