Mine Index Number: 7139
| Company Name:
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Spring Ridge Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Spring Ridge Mine
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| Start Date:
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1890
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End Date:
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1894
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined.
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. The Spring Ridge Mine is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by Tab Mine (mine index 891).
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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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| Drift
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Jackson
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9S 1W
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36
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SE NW NE
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Geology
| Murphysboro
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50
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2.43-4.0
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RP
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Bulletin 48, Plate I
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1925
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Lamar, J. E., 1925, Geology and mineral Resources of the Carbondale Quadrangle, Illinois State Geological Survey, Bulletin 48, 172p.; page 157 and Plate I - Drift location, mine type, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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