Mine Index Number: 4298
| Company Name:
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Ripley
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| Mine Name:
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Ripley Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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February 21, 1889
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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4
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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34
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NW NW NW
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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34
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NW NW NW
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| Air shaft
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St. Clair
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1N 8W
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34
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NW NW NW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The mine was abandoned February 21, 1889 on “account of creek breaking into workings”.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 350986
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2-21-1889
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1:960
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1:960
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| State archive, PB_168, compilation of mine maps in the area - Geologic problems, closing date.
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| Microfilm map, document 350986, reel 03134, frame 53 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
State Archive: PB_168
Map Date: Undated
Coal Co.: Ripley
Mine Name: Ripley Mine
Microfilm: 350986
Map Date: 2-21-1889
Coal Co.: Ripley
Mine Name: Ripley Mine
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