Mine Index 2931 Union Fuel Company, Ridge Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Macoupin unlocated
	County:	Macoupin
	Quadrangle:	Virden South
	County Coal Data:	Macoupin
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2931


Company Name:	Union Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Ridge Mine
Start Date:	1895	End Date:	March 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	648
Acres after map date:	20	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

11N 6W

5

NE SW SW

Air shaft

Macoupin

11N 6W

5

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

341-365

6.0-7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map showed that northern expansion was halted in central portion of the mine by some type of geologic problem. The line type designating the problem is not included in the legend, so the problem may be a fault or a change of roof material or channel fill.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Green Ridge Coal Company (add)	Green Ridge (add)	1895-1897	214,578

O’Gara King Coal Company (add)	Green Ridge (add)	1897-1898	104,400

Green Ridge Coal Company (add)	Green Ridge (add)	1898-1907	1,175,504

Vivian Collieries Company (add)	Green Ridge (add)	1907-1913	1,035,307

Middle States Coal Company (add)	Middle States No. 27 (add)	1913-1917 ^[1]	106,480

Ridge Coal Mining Company (add)	Green Ridge (add)	1917-1919	126,395

Union Fuel Company (add)	Ridge (add)	1919-1921	206,452

Union Fuel Company (add)	Ridge (add)	1921-1923 ^[2]	102,006 ^[3]


Total Production: 3,071,122

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State archive, PB_1093_01

9-15-1924

1:6000

Final

State archive, IL_1125_03

2-2-1921

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Shaft location, seam, thickness.

State archive, PB_1093_01 - Mine outline.

State archive, IL_1125_03 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	PB_1093_01
	Company:	Leland Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Green Ridge
	Caption:
	Map Date:	09-15-1924
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M2931 PB 1093 01
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/m2931 PB 1093 01.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_1125_03
	Company:	Ridge Coal Mining Company
	Mine Name:	Green Ridge
	Caption:
	Map Date:	02-02-1921
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M2931 IL 1125 03
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/macoupin/m2931 IL 1125 03.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ Idle or abandoned 1914-1917
↑ Idle 1922
↑ Production after map date

[1] Idle or abandoned 1914-1917

[2] Idle 1922

[3] Production after map date

[1]

[2]

[3]