Mine Index 0790 Groom Coal Company, Richland Mine

Mine Index Number: 0790

Company Name:	Groom Coal Company
Mine Name:	Richland Mine
Start Date:	1883	End Date:	December 1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	613
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

1S 8W

2

NW NE NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1S 8W

2

NW NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

100

11.5

6.5-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Richland (add)	1883-1886	76,282

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Richland (add)	1886-1896	613,636

Richard Schramm (add)	Richland (add)	1896-1897	24,785

Consolidated Coal Company (add)	Richland (add)	1897-1904	192,012

Herman Pfuhl , lessee (add)	Richland (add)	1904-1909	104,267

Richland Coal Company (add)	Richland (add)	1909-1910	12,150

Groom Coal Company (add)	Richland (add)	1910-1950	2,806,455

Total Production: 3,829,587

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351116

12-22-1954

1:2400

1:4303

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351116, reel 03134, frames 244, 245 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.