Mine Index 0305 Howard E. Miller, Ruby Mine

Mine Index Number: 0305

Company Name:	Howard E. Miller
Mine Name:	Ruby Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1935
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	161
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

21

SW NW SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

21

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

173

6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Consumers Coal Company (add)	Consumers No. 1, Ruby (add)	1888-1896	316,551

Adams Coal and Tow Company (add)	Ruby (add)	1896-1897	unknown Production, if any, unknown, or may be included in later St. Louis and O'Fallon listing

St. Louis and O'Fallon Coal Company (add)	Ruby (add)	1897-1897	5,966

Ratican, Joyce and Grieve (add)	Ruby (add)	1897-1899	52,512

Ruby Mining Company (add)	Ruby (add)	1899-1903	234,726

William Ratican (add)	Ruby (add)	1903-1907 Idle last half of 1904 and all of 1905 and 1906	45,700

Cluly-Miller Coal Company (add)	Ruby (add)	1907-1915	287,796

Howard E. Miller (add)	Ruby (add)	1915-1935 Idle 1922, 1928, 1929 and 1930	329,482

Total Production: 1,273,733

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351073

11-9-1940

1:2400

1:3642

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, depth.

Microfilm map, document 351073, reel 03134, frame 176 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.