Mine Index 2284 Richardson Coal Corporation, Richardson No. 5 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2284

Company Name:	Richardson Coal Corporation
Mine Name:	Richardson No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	1957	End Date:	October 1959
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	3 All of the production reported is after the map date. Richardson may have augered along the highwall of an existing mine, or Richardson may have enlarged an existing surface mine.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Gallatin

10S 8E

24

NE

Geology

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

Springfield

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Richardson Coal Corporation (add)	Richardson No. 5 (add)	1957-1959 The mine opened November 1957, but no production was reported for that year.	16,150 Production after map date

Total Production: 16,150

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351529

2-25-1956

1:2400

1:2648

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine location, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 351529, reel 03136, frame 289 - Mine outline, mining method.