Mine Index Number: 3229
| Company Name:
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John Risry
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| Mine Name:
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Risry Mine
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| Start Date:
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1929
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End Date:
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1929
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Randolph
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6S 5W
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14
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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51
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|
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6.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| John Risry The name may be John Rury
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Risry
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1929-1929 The mine was shown in a photograph included in the ISGS field notes. The photograph shows an active mine and was taken circa 1915. This would indicate previous operators to John Risry and a larger production than shown.
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1,800
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| Total Production: 1,800
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Federal Land Bank Report
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7-1934
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1:126720
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1:126720
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Randolph County) - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
