Mine Index 3616 United Electric Coal Company, Red Ray No. 13 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3616

Company Name:	United Electric Coal Company
Mine Name:	Red Ray No. 13 Mine
Start Date:	1925	End Date:	March 1949
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	459
Acres after map date:	27	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

St. Clair

2S 7W

5

SE SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

8-40

6.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Solar Coal Company (add)	Solar (add)	1925-1927	230,445

United Electric Coal Company (add)	Red Ray, United Electric No. 13 (add)	1927-1947	4,466,678

United Electric Coal Company (add)	Red Ray, United Electric No. 13 (add)	1947-1949	294,275 Production after map date

Total Production: 4,991,398

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-62

8-1-1947 The Peabody map is dated 3-14-1969, but indicates the survey date of United Electric No. 13 is 1947.

1:12000

1:12000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, depth, seam.

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

ISGS map library, 4103.S31. i5.1-62, map of River King Surface Mine (mine index 857) - Mine outline, mining method.