Mine Index Number: 2286
| Company Name:
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Richardson Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Richardson No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1956
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End Date:
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1958
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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11[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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Saline
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9S 7E
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22
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NW SE
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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
| ISGS map library, 4102 a-7, sheet 2
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1981-1983
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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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 (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS map library, 4102 1-7, sheet 2, work map for Rudement Quadrangle Geological Map - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates approximarely 6 acres were mined
- ↑ The seam is uncertain. Nearby mining took place in the Springfield Coal, but the area has many faults with vertical displacement, so the Herrin Coal may have been mined here.
