Mine Index 4165 Walter Richards Coal Company, Richards No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4165

Company Name:	Walter Richards Coal Company
Mine Name:	Richards No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1958	End Date:	1969
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	5 A portion of the area shown on the accompanying map as the St. David Mine (mine index 6627) may have been mined by the Richards No. 2 Mine.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit or tipple

Fulton

6N 4E

16

NE

Geology

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

Springfield

15-20

5.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Walter Richards Coal Company (add)	Richards No. 2 Mine (add)	1958-1969	40,518
Total Production: 40,518

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine inspector reports

Undated

1:4800

1:48000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness.

Mine Inspectors reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Mine location, mining method.