Mine Index 3003 Raymond Coal Company, Raymond Mine

Mine Index Number: 3003

Company Name:	Raymond Coal Company
Mine Name:	Raymond Mine
Start Date:	1897	End Date:	1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	10

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Montgomery

10N 4W

8

SE SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

424-444

3.25

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Raymond Mining Company (add)	Raymond (add)	1897-1898	4,000

William Jamison and Company (add)	Litchfield (add)	1898-1899	4,290

Progressive Coal Company (add)	Progressive (add)	1899-1901	4,213

Raymond Coal Company (add)	Raymond (add)	1901-1903	12,093

Miller Coal Company (add)	Miller No. 1 (add)	1903-1907	13,250

H. H. Hardin (add)	Hardin (add)	1907-1908	500

G. I. Kelly (add)	Kelly (add)	1908-1909	6,000

Raymond Coal Company (add)	Raymond (add)	1909-1910	6,520

Total Production: 50,866

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

3-26-1933

1:152064

1:152064

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Montgomery County) - Shaft location.

Federal Land Bank Report (Montgomery County) - Shaft location.