Mine Index 0777 Richland Coal Company, Richland Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Richland unlocated
	County:	Richland
	Quadrangle:	Claremont
	County Coal Data:	Richland
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0777


Company Name:	Richland Coal Company
Mine Name:	Richland Mine
Start Date:	1930	End Date:	1930
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Richland

2N 14W

5

SE NW SE

Geology

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

Calhoun

Up to 50

1.25

2.5

1.5

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

A ½ inch layer of bone coal was present near the center of the coal seam.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Richland Coal Company (add)	Richland (add)	1930-1930	Unknown ^[1]

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Coal Section files, Sumner Quadrangle

Undated ^[2]

1:62500

Secondary source

ISGS field notes (F. T. Thwaites)

7-29-1930

(text only)

1:24000 ^[3]

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Mine notes (Richland County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

ISGS field notes (Richland County) - Mine type, pit location, depth, geologic problems.

Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS 15-minute topographic map, Sumner Quadrangle - Mine outline.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ Mines producing less than 1,000 tons per years were not listed in the Coal Reports from 1930 through 1933. The company was also known as Richland County Lime and Coal Company. That company was visited at NE SW 5-T2N-R14W on September 1, 1927. The coal was either not reported or not mined between this 1927 visit and the 1930 report of mining. The years of limestone production (or quarry operation) are not known, but limestone was being quarried at the time of the 1927 visit.
↑ The data shown on the map is not dated or attributed to a single person, and is probably a compilation map from several sources.
↑ The mine location description was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map, which corresponded with the location shown on the work map in the Coal Section files.

[1] Mines producing less than 1,000 tons per years were not listed in the Coal Reports from 1930 through 1933. The company was also known as Richland County Lime and Coal Company. That company was visited at NE SW 5-T2N-R14W on September 1, 1927. The coal was either not reported or not mined between this 1927 visit and the 1930 report of mining. The years of limestone production (or quarry operation) are not known, but limestone was being quarried at the time of the 1927 visit.

[2] The data shown on the map is not dated or attributed to a single person, and is probably a compilation map from several sources.

[3] The mine location description was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map, which corresponded with the location shown on the work map in the Coal Section files.

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