Mine Index 3565 Paramount Coal and Coke Company, Randle Mine

Mine Index Number: 3565

Company Name:	Paramount Coal and Coke Company
Mine Name:	Randle Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	239
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (6' x 12')

St. Clair

1S 7W

19

SW NW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1S 7W

19

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

143-150

6.0-7.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows an area caved in the eastern part of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Randle Coal Company (add)	Randle (add)	1889-1891	27,680

Edward Avery (add)	Randle (add)	1891-1893	51,046

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Randle (add)	1893-1904	367,663

Avery Coal and Mining Company (add)	Randle (add)	1904-1912	336,457

Mulberry Hill Coal Company (add)	Mulberry Hill No. 2 (add)	1912-1916 Idle 1914 to 1916	11,800

Glendale Coal and Mining Company (add)	Randle (add)	1916-1925 Idle 1924 and 1925	336,892

Reichert Coal Company (add)	Randle (add)	1926-1930	218,920

Power Coal Company (add)	Randle (add)	1930-1933	79,314

Freeburg Coal Company (add)	Randle (add)	1933-1938	171,747

Freeburg Coal Company (add)	Randle (add)	1938-1939	4,403 Production since map date

Paramount Coal and Coke Company (add)	Randle (add)	1940-1942	15,012 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,620,934

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351087

11-7-1938

1:1200

1:2317

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, shaft location and size, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351087, reel 03134, frame 197, 198 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.