Mine Index 2053 Ray Blair, Riverside No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2053

Company Name:	Ray Blair
Mine Name:	Riverside No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	8	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Crawford

6N 10W

7

SE SE NW

Geology

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

Flannigan The name of the seam is likely to be changed to Fairbanks Coal.

37

2.2

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Caley and Blair (add)	Caley and Blair (add)	1934-1934	3,231

Ray Blair (add)	Riverside No. 3 (add)	1935-1942	13,068

Total Production: 16,299

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map, Heathsville

1964

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Crawford County) - Mine type, general shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

USGS topographic map, Heathsville Quadrangle, 1964 - Shaft location.

John Nelson, personal communication (3-2012) - Seam.