Mine Index Number: 0790
Company Name:
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Groom Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Richland Mine
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Start Date:
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1883
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End Date:
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December 1950
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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613
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Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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Main shaft
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St. Clair
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1S 8W
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2
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NW NE NE
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Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1S 8W
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2
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NW NE NE
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Geology
Herrin
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100
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11.5
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6.5-7.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Total Production: 3,829,587
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Microfilm, document 351116
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12-22-1954
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1:2400
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1:4303
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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Microfilm map, document 351116, reel 03134, frames 244, 245 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351116
Map Date: 12-22-1951
Coal Co.: Groom Coal Company
Mine Name: Richland Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes