Mine Index 3935 Rixson Coal Company, Rixson Mine

Mine Index Number: 3935

Company Name:	Rixson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Rixson Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	12
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Will

32N 9E

30

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Colchester

118

3.42

LW (old longwall)

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Rixson Coal Company (add)	Rixson (add)	1904-1906	51,133
Total Production: 51,133

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-4

1935

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Coal Section files, 5-e-16

Undated

1:12000

1:12000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Will County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-4 sheet 1, J. C. Quade field notes coal company holding map - Shaft location.

Coal Section files, 5-e-16, map of Northern Mine (mine index 834) - Mine outline.