Mine Index Number: 0985
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Riggs Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Riggs No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1978
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End Date:
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May 1981
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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10
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple / pit
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Williamson
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8S 2E
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32
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SE NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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30-40
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6.0-7.83
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Surface
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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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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 30,262
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines
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2003
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(text only)
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1:24000 [1]
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| W. J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Mine type, seam, mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
