Mine Index Number: 2287
| Company Name:
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Richardson Coal Corporation
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| Mine Name:
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Richardson No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1955
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End Date:
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November 1959
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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7
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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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| Tipple
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Gallatin
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10S 8E
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24
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SE NW NE
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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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NW NW 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
| USGS topographic map
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1959 note
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Mine notes
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8-7-1956
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(text only)
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1:24000 This surface-mined area was later expanded by the Eagle Surface Mine (mine index 883) and the area mined by Richardson No. 1 is better shown on the 1959 version of the Equality Quadrangle. The mine location was taken from the mine notes to identify the surface-mined area of the Richardson No. 1 Mine shown on the topographic map.
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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 (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| USGS topographic map, Equality Quadrangle, 1959 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
