Mine Index 2478 Richerson Coal Company, Richerson Mine

Mine Index Number: 2478

Company Name:	Richerson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Richerson Mine
Start Date:	1955	End Date:	June 1963
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	2
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit / tipple

Jackson

7S 4W

9

E ½ NE NW

Geology

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

Seahorne

10

3.5-3.67

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ed Blumenstock Coal Company (add)	Blumenstock (add)	1955-1959	5,756

Egbert Coal Company (add)	Egbert (add)	1960-1962	536

Richerson Coal Company (add)	Richerson (add)	1963-1963	1,500

Total Production: 7,792

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map, Willisville

1963

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, location, thickness.

USGS topographic map, Willisville Quadrangle, 1963 - Mine outline.