Mine Index 2407 Ripka Coal Company, Ripka Mine

Mine Index Number: 2407

Company Name:	Ripka Coal Company
Mine Name:	Ripka Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Henry

15N 5E

5

1840 FNL, 2520 FEL

Geology

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

Herrin

45

4.1

4.6

4.3

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ripka and Bates (add)	Ripka and Bates (add)	1935-1937	1,904

Lyle Brothers (add)	Lyle (add)	1937-1938	320

Ripka Coal Company (add)	Ripka (add)	1938-1940	360

Total Production: 2,584

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (C. B. Ball)

8-1935

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS quadrangle and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS field notes (Henry County) - Shaft location, depth, thickness.