Mine Index 3278 Rhondda Coal Company, Rhondda Mine

Mine Index Number: 3278

Company Name:	Rhondda Coal Company
Mine Name:	Rhondda Mine
Start Date:	1915	End Date:	1925
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	10
Acres after map date:	9	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Saline

9S 6E

21

NE NE SW

Air shaft

Saline

9S 6E

21

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

42-60

4.0-5.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dorris Coal Company (add)	Dorris (add)	1915-1916	2,050

Dorrisville Coal Company (add)	Dorrisville (add)	1916-1919	12,036

Ruben Williams (add)	Black Diamond (add)	1919-1922	10,931

Rhondda Coal Company (add)	Rhondda (add)	1922-1925	36,626

Total Production: 61,643

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352766

7-1-1921

1:2400

1:2482

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location.

Microfilm map, document 352766, reel 03140, frame 287 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

ISGS Coal Section files - Seam.