Mine Index 3312 Unknown, Ragsdale Mine

Mine Index Number: 3312

Company Name:	Unknown
Mine Name:	Ragsdale Mine
Start Date:	1923	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:	12

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Saline

9S 7E

24

SW NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Henry Ragsdale (add)	Ragsdale (add)	1923-1936	9,290

W. E. Fritts (add)	Fritts (add)	1937-1938	850

Miletus T. Conger (add)	Conger (add)	1938-1938	200

Sherman and Wilbur Vaughn (add)	Ragsdale (add)	1938-1939	248

Wilson (add)	Ragsdale (add)	1939-1939	200

Brownie Finney (add)	Ragsdale (add)	1940-1940	100

Ted Pierce (add)	Ragsdale (add)	1940-1940	200

(operator unknown)	Ragsdale (add)	1941-1941

Total Production: 11,188

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

1-12-1934

1:90514

1:90514

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, drift location, seam.

Federal Land Bank Report (Saline County) - Drift location, mine outline.