Mine Index 0682 Midwest Radiant Fuel Corporation, Midwest Radiant No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0682

Company Name:	Midwest Radiant Fuel Corporation
Mine Name:	Midwest Radiant No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	1950
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	1,107 The area shown is larger than expected for the reported production. (The expected size is approximately 650 acres.)
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

St. Clair

1N 9W

34

SE NE SW The tipple for Midwest Radiant Fuel Company was later used by Peabody Midwest Mine (mine index 653).

Geology

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

Herrin

35

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Midwest Smokeless Fuel Corporation (add)	Midwest (add)	1939-1940	325,275

Midwest Radiant Fuel Corporation (add)	Midwest Radiant No. 1 (add)	1940-1950	6,682,142

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-61

3-14-1969

1:12000

1:12000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, tipple location, seam, depth.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-61 - Mine outline, mining method.