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As coal companies closed business in Indiana many times they deposited their records at the Indiana Geological Survey (IGS). The records in most cases were delivered in boxes or full filing cabinets without documentation. The IGS has preliminarily sorted through the records filing them by company and if possible county or Township-Range to make them discoverable. The records can contain anything from maps, analysis, logs with or without picks, descriptions, correspondence, etc.
American Metal Climax, Inc. (AMAX) added coal production to its diverse mining, metals, and energy concerns on November 1,1969 through a mutually approved merger with Ayrshire Collieries Corporation of Indiana. Ayrshire boasted a long and productive lineage, originating with the first mines established by Scottish immigrant, David Ingle, in the early 1850s near Evansville, Indiana. The Ayrshire name persisted through subsequent purchases of mine shafts by Electric Shovel Coal Corporation in 1927 and a merger with the Patoka Coal Company in 1939, but was rebranded as AMAX Coal Company on January 1, 1972. It became America's third-largest coal producer by 1975. Drilling records in this collection relate to the company's...
Collection of X-ray diffraction logs collected by the Indiana Geological Survey. Logs are filed by year recorded.
Categories: Physical Item; Types: Collection; Tags: Logs, ndc_collection
Work maps at a 7.5-minute quadrangle scale and materials for Special Report 06 publication of the Indiana Geological Survey by Richard L Powell, 1972
Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) geologist Ned Smith's work maps and information for IGS Guidebook 7; Salem Limestone and Associated Formations in South-Central Indiana, 1954 and IGS Atlas of Mineral Resources of Indiana Maps 8: Map of Bedford-Bloomington Dimension Stone Belt Showing Mills, Quarries, and Outcrop of Salem Limestone, 1956.
Collection of pamphlets, brochures, and informational booklets from the US Department of the Interior, Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Indiana Department of Conservation, Indiana Geological Survey, Illinois Geological Survey, Kentucky Geological Survey, and more. Most are dated but have general information that could still be useful today.
Original National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) and prior confidential 7.5-minute quadrangle maps, filed alphabetically for Indiana
Illustrations; photos; Dimension stone operation maps; aerial photos with data point 1946 & 1958; Monroe County maps - Salem Limestone
Categories: Physical Item; Types: Collection; Tags: Maps, ndc_collection
Copies of Harold C Hutchison's, Indiana Geological Survey coal geologist, 7.5-minute quadrangle work maps for Indiana
Hand-drawn drill log cross-sections containing coal around Evansville, Indiana. Each log is labeled with an identification number but otherwise there is no other labeling or identifiers.
Categories: Physical Item; Types: Collection; Tags: Well Logs, ndc_collection
Material used to compile the Indiana Geological Survey Bulletin 46: Applied Geology of Industrial Limestone and Dolomite, by Lawrence F Rooney and Donald D Carr, 1971.
Maps related to USGS Circular 266: Spencer F.J., 1953, Coal Resources of Indiana; Mylar table of historical coal names; Coal Reserves 1965 multipage table
Coal Analysis reports from various coal companies in Indiana; Ayrshire Collieries, AMAX Coal Company, Fossil Fuel Mining, Consolidation Coal Company, with a few additional files from smaller companies.
Indiana Geological Survey (IGS) Indiana coal quality paper records numbered by year 1954-1989 archived in red binders. These records are available in an electronic format through IGS publication Report of Progress 40, The Indiana Coal Quality Database: The Database and Interactive Map, by Agnieszka Drobniak and Maria Mastalerz, 2012.
Indiana Geological Survey coal section field notebooks (black set). Contain short descriptions by location. Not much detail in location or information. Mostly likely correlates to a work map or project.
Harold C Hutchison, Indiana Geological Survey coal geologist, collection of project work maps, tables, charts, illustrations, etc. from his tenure at the IGS
Original National Coal Resources Data System (NCRDS) paper data forms compiled by the Indiana Geological Survey and submitted to the U.S. Geologial Survey. Maps are filed by 7.5-minute quadrangle name in 6 boxes; destruction date on boxes: 3/2021
Material compiled for Indiana Geological Survey publication Occasional Paper 60: Geologic Framework of the Aquifers of Valparaiso Moraine, by Gordon F Fraser and Ned K Bleuer, 1991.
Categories: Physical Item; Types: Collection; Tags: ndc_collection
ASTM Dimension Stone records collected by Don Carr, Indiana Geological Survey Coal and Industrial Minerals Section Head. Records include test results and committee meeting notes.


map background search result map search result map Coal Field Notebooks (black) Drill Log Cross-Sections Containing Coal around Evansville, Indiana Coal Strip-Mined Land in Indiana, Indiana Geological Survey Special Report 6 HC Hutchison, IGS coal geologist, work maps Collection of Indiana Geological Survey Coal Quality Records for Indiana, Red Binders (archive) Various Company Coal Analysis records for Indiana NCRDS Data Forms by Quadrangle for Indiana Coal Resource Information for Indiana NCRDS/Prior Confidential 7.5-minute quadrangles for Indiana AMAX Coal Company Drilling Records, 1855-1989 Harold C Hutchison Work Map File-Mylars Dimension Stone - ASTM in Indiana Collection of X-Ray Diffraction Log Printouts from Indiana Kankakee River Lowland, Indiana Potter Sedimentology Study 1964 Dimension Stone and Salem Limestone Data for South-Central Indiana Industrial Limestone and Dolomite Study in Northern Indiana Industry Miscellaneous Coal Records for Indiana Miscellaneous Coal References Documents AMAX Coal Company Drilling Records, 1855-1989 Coal Field Notebooks (black) Drill Log Cross-Sections Containing Coal around Evansville, Indiana Coal Strip-Mined Land in Indiana, Indiana Geological Survey Special Report 6 HC Hutchison, IGS coal geologist, work maps Collection of Indiana Geological Survey Coal Quality Records for Indiana, Red Binders (archive) Various Company Coal Analysis records for Indiana NCRDS Data Forms by Quadrangle for Indiana Coal Resource Information for Indiana NCRDS/Prior Confidential 7.5-minute quadrangles for Indiana Harold C Hutchison Work Map File-Mylars Dimension Stone - ASTM in Indiana Collection of X-Ray Diffraction Log Printouts from Indiana Kankakee River Lowland, Indiana Potter Sedimentology Study 1964 Dimension Stone and Salem Limestone Data for South-Central Indiana Industrial Limestone and Dolomite Study in Northern Indiana Miscellaneous Coal References