Mine Index 3844 Ray Coal Company, Ray No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3844

Company Name:	Ray Coal Company
Mine Name:	Ray No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1926	End Date:	March 7, 1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Drift

Vermilion

19N 12W

20

NW NW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

20

NW NW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

20

NW NW SE

Geology

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

Danville

10

5.67

MRP,HERsome HER in NE

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

S. B. Ray (add)	Ray (add)	1926-1926	225

Ray and Johnson (add)	Ray and Johnson (add)	1927-1932 Idle 1929	330 Production was not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.

Ray Coal Company Operated by Guy Harper (add)	Ray No. 1 (add)	1933-1939	14,921

Total Production: 15,476

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-64

3-7-1939

1:1200

1:1200

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, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5-1-64 - Drift and air shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.