Mine Index 3841 Ray Coal Company, Ray No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3841

Company Name:	Ray Coal Company
Mine Name:	Ray No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:	less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

20

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

20

SW SW SE

Geology

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

Danville

115

5.67

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ray Coal Company (add)	Ray No. 2 (add)	1936-1937	1,355

King Coal Company (add)	Ray No. 2 (add)	1937-1939	3,640

Ray Coal Company (add)	Ray No. 2 (add)	1939-1940	1,893

Ray Coal Company (add)	Ray No. 2 (add)	1940-1941	3,752 Production after map date

Harper Coal Company (add)	Ray No. 2 (add)	1942-1942	2,389 Production after map date

Ray Coal Company (add)	Ray No. 2 (add)	1943-1943	701 Production after map date

Total Production: 13,730

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352936

1-19-1942

1:1200

1:993

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352936, reel 03141, frame 77 - Slope and air shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.