Mine Index 2132 Rice Lake Coal Company, Rice Lake Mine

Mine Index Number: 2132

Company Name:	Rice Lake Coal Company
Mine Name:	Rice Lake Mine
Start Date:	1947	End Date:	1954
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	13	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit or tipple

Fulton

6N 3E

16

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

20-30

5.17

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carter and Carter Coal and Trucking (add)	Carter (add)	1947-1947	4,547

Carter Coal and Trucking Company (add)	Carter (add)	1948-1949	53,863

Rice Lake Coal Company (add)	Rice Lake (add)	1949-1953	25,714

Total Production: 84,124

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(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.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.