Mine Index Number: 4081
Company Name:
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Tick Ridge Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Tick Ridge No. 2 Mine
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Start Date:
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1941
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End Date:
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February 1951
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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91
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Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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This mine was connected underground with the Hendrickson Mine (mine index 4079) and Black Crystal Mine (mine index 4083). The boundaries between the mines could not be distinguished and the area shown includes all of these mines.
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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Main slope * No air shaft was shown on the source map. A small room just west of the slope bottom may be an air shaft location, or the operators may have relied on the underground connection to the other mines for ventilation.
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Williamson
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9S 3E
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25
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SE NW NW
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Geology
Springfield
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82-86
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4.33-4.5
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map shows a line-and-hatching pattern in the northeastern part of the mine that may indicate faulting. Mining did not occur past these two lines.
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, document 353226
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3-17-1951
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1:1200
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1:1655
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Microfilm map, document 353226, reel 03142, frame 156 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method, geologic problem.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs