Mine Index 2419 Ripka, Bates and Wetzel, Ripka, Bates and Wetzel Mine

Mine Index Number: 2419

Company Name:	Ripka, Bates and Wetzel
Mine Name:	Ripka, Bates and Wetzel Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	19
Production Indicated Acres:	5 to 8	General Area of mining acres shown:
The western polygon on the map may have been mined by another company.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Henry

15N 5E

21

NE NE NW

Air shaft

Henry

15N 5E

21

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

100

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Crescent Coal Company (add)	Crescent (add)	1934-1939	13,391

Crescent Coal Company (add)	Crescent (add)	1939-1940	2,612 Production after map date

Ripka, Bates and Wetzel (add)	Ripka, Bates and Wetzel (add)	1940-1942	5,850 Production after map date

Total Production: 21,853

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351509

3-24-1939

1:1200

1:24000

Not final

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.

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

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

Microfilm map, document 351509, reel 03136, frame 262 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.