Mine Index 4081 Tick Ridge Coal Company, Tick Ridge No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4081

Company Name:	Tick Ridge Coal Company
Mine Name:	Tick Ridge No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1941	End Date:	February 1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	91
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was connected underground with the Hendrickson Mine (mine index 4079) and Black Crystal Mine (mine index 4083). The boundaries between the mines could not be distinguished and the area shown includes all of these mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope * No air shaft was shown on the source map. A small room just west of the slope bottom may be an air shaft location, or the operators may have relied on the underground connection to the other mines for ventilation.

Williamson

9S 3E

25

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

82-86

4.33-4.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows a line-and-hatching pattern in the northeastern part of the mine that may indicate faulting. Mining did not occur past these two lines.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Tick Ridge Coal Company (add)	Tick Ridge (add)	1941-1944	13,840

Black Crystal Coal Company (add)	Black Crystal No. 2 (add)	1945-1945	17,533

McDonald - Tick Ridge Coal Company (add)	Tick Ridge (add)	1946-1946	8,786

Marvin Moore - Tick Ridge Coal Company (add)	Tick Ridge (add)	1946-1946	15,452

Tick Ridge Coal Company (add)	Tick Ridge No. 2The No. 2 designation is from the source map. The mine was not listed in the Coal Reports as No. 2. (add)	1947-1951	95,060

Total Production: 150,671

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1407_01

3-17-1951

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

State archive map, IL_1407_01 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.