Mine Index 0985 Riggs Mining Company, Riggs No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0985

Company Name:	Riggs Mining Company
Mine Name:	Riggs No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1978	End Date:	May 1981
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	10
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

8S 2E

32

SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

30-40

6.0-7.83

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Riggs Mining Company (add)	Riggs No. 2 (add)	1978-1980	30,262

Total Production: 30,262

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines

2003

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

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

W. J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Mine type, seam, mine outline.