Mine Index Number: 2284
| Company Name:
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Richardson Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Richardson No. 5 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1957
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End Date:
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October 1959
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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3 [1]
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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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| Pit
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Gallatin
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10S 8E
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24
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NE
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Geology
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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351529
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2-25-1956
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1:2400
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1:2648
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine location, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 351529, reel 03136, frame 289 - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ The mine opened November 1957, but no production was reported for that year.
- ↑ Production after map date
