Mine Index 4240 Red Ring Coal Company, Red Ring Mine

Mine Index Number: 4240

Company Name:	Red Ring Coal Company
Mine Name:	Red Ring Mine
Start Date:	1955	End Date:	1955
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None The Red Ring Mine is included within the area mined by Day Mine (mine index 4438) and Tab Mine (mine index 891).
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Jackson

9S 1W

36

SW SE

Geology

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

Murphysboro

25-30

5.0-7.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Red Ring Coal Company (add)	Red Ring (add)	1955-1955	2,031

Total Production: 2,031

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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