Mine Index Number: 6636
| Company Name:
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Walter Richard Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Richard Mine
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| Start Date:
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1942
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End Date:
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1958
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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27
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2
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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 slope
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Fulton
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5N 4E
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12
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NE SE SE
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| Air drift
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Fulton
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5N 4E
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12
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NE SE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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25
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5.0-5.5
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RPB
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 141,530
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351632
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6-25-1955
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1:1200
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1:2152
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Not final The map legends states that the mine was abandoned 6-25-1955 and that the map is final, but production is listed through 1958.
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351632, reel 03136, frame 446 - Slope & air drift locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
