Mine Index 0758 J. G. Rippetoe, Rippetoe Mine

Mine Index Number: 0758

Company Name:	J. G. Rippetoe
Mine Name:	Rippetoe Mine
Start Date:	1899	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	53
Production Indicated Acres:	44	General Area of mining acres shown:
The outline shown is a general area of mining.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

McDonough

5N 4W

13

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Colchester

50

2.5

RP, HERThe mine notes indicated pillars were being drawn in September 1908.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Rippetoe and Rundle (add)	Rippetoe and Rundle No. 38 (add)	1899-1907	97,398

Rippetoe Coal Company (add)	Rippetoe No. 38 (add)	1907-1908	3,832

J. G. Rippetoe (add)	Rippetoe (add)	1908-1909	5,060

Total Production: 106,920

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS Circular 19, Plate IV

1936

1:29469

1:29469

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

3-1936

1:124800

1:124800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, mining method.

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

Mine notes (McDonough County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.

ISGS Circular 19, Plate IV - Shaft location.

Federal Land Bank Report (McDonough County) - Mine outline, shaft location, ownership.