Mine Index 3052 Maple Ridge Coal Company, Maple Ridge Mine

Mine Index Number: 3052

Company Name:	Maple Ridge Coal Company
Mine Name:	Maple Ridge Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	6
Production Indicated Acres:	2, and less than 1 acre was mined after the map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown on the accompanying map is larger than expected for the reported production. Apparently other operators mined in this locale; see the unlocated mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Peoria

9N 6E

15

SW SE NW

Air drift

Peoria

9N 6E

15

SW SE NW

Drift

Peoria

9N 6E

15

SW SE NW

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 6E

15

SW SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

90-100

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Maple Ridge Coal Company (add)	Maple Ridge (add)	1933-1940	5,203

Maple Ridge Coal Company (add)	Maple Ridge (add)	1940-1951 Idle 1942-1950	852 Production after map date

Total Production: 6,055

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352279

8-20-1940

1:600

1:786

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352279, reel 03138, frame 345 - Drift & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.