Mine Index 3849 Henry Brothers Coal Company, Riverbank Mine

Mine Index Number: 3849

Company Name:	Henry Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Riverbank Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	11
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown is too large for the production by about 5 acres. The area shown may include another Larson mine (see the unlocated mines at the back of this report).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope Report from state inspector McKenna indicated that the new escapement had been made the main haulage, and coal is hoisted out of that slope instead of the old drift entrance.

Vermilion

19N 12W

21

NW NW NW

Drift

Vermilion

19N 12W

20

NW NE NE

Air shaft ("new")

Vermilion

19N 12W

21

NW NW NW

Air shaft ("old")

Vermilion

19N 12W

20

NW NE NE

Slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

21

NW NW NW

Air drift

Vermilion

19N 12W

21

NW NW NW

Geology

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

Danville

80-100

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

C. W. Larson (add)	Larson (add)	1933-1933	1,850

Larson Coal Company (add)	Larson (add)	1934-1935	14,126

Chester W. Larson (add)	Larson (add)	1936-1936	750

Riverbank Coal Company Operated by Larson Coal Company until March 1936, then bought by Riverbank Coal Company, c/o D. L. Moon. Changed management in 1937 to Thomas Bridgewater. Walter Martin operated this mine from January to March 1939, idle March through April, then operated by Charles Elliott, and still later in 1939 operated by Earl Enos. In 1940, management changed to Eric Magnusum. Operated under the name of Riverbank Coal Company through all these changes. (add)	Riverbank (add)	1936-1943	5,033

Sharon Coal Company (add)	Riverbank (add)	1943-1945	3,968

Sharon Coal Company (add)	Riverbank (add)	1945-1945	753 Production after map date

Henry Brothers Coal Company (add)	Riverbank (add)	1946-1947	1,374 Production after map date

Total Production: 27,854

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352869

2-2-1945

1:720

1:1142

Not final

Microfilm, document 352961

11-5-1938

1:480

1:828

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, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352869, reel 03140, frame 497 - Mine openings, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352961, reel 03141, frame 104 - Old air shaft, drift location, old workings, mine outline (western).