Mine Index 4732   Rexing and Rich Coal Company,   Rexing and Rich Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Saline unlocated
County: Saline
Quadrangle: Rudement
County Coal Data: Saline
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4732

Company Name: Rexing and Rich Coal Company
Mine Name: Rexing and Rich Mine
Start Date: 1955 End Date: February 1956
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
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
Main opening Saline 9S 7E 23 NE NW SE

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Rexing and Rich Coal Company Rexing and Rich 1955-1956 694
Total Production: 694

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS mined-out area map 1950[1] 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
ISGS 1950 mined-out area map -Mine locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The point was included on the 1950 version of the map, and was labeled Rexing and Rich on the 1959 version. Rexing and Rich may have extended mining begun by others, or the point may have been added to the 1950 base map after the mine opened.