Mine Index 4314 Ritchie and Company, Ritchie Mine

Mine Index Number: 4314

Company Name:	Ritchie and Company
Mine Name:	Ritchie Mine
Start Date:	1885	End Date:	1903
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1
Production Indicated Acres:	4-5	General Area of mining acres shown:
The source map may be incomplete.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

SW SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

50-80

7.0-8.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Conrad Strawbinger (add)	Strawbinger (add)	1885-1900	29,605

Ritchie and Company (add)	Ritchie (add)	1900-1903	4,500

Total Production: 34,105

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351083

2-7-1942

1:1200

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness, depth.

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

Microfilm map, document 351083, reel 03134, frames 188-190, map of Edgemont Mine (mine index 3613) - Drift location, mine outline, mining method.