Editing Rippey, Iowa (section)

==History==
Rippey got its start in the year 1870, following construction of the Des Moines Valley Railroad through that territory.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NlM0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA188 | title=Past and Present of Greene County, Iowa | publisher=Brookhaven Press | author=Stillman, Edwin B. | year=1907 | pages=188| isbn=9781581032482 }}</ref>

In the late 19th century, Rippey and [[Angus, Iowa|Angus]], four miles to the southeast, were the centers of coal mining in Greene County. The Keystone Coal Company opened three mines in Angus between 1878 and 1887; the last of these was worked out by 1887. Between 1882 and 1887, the Standard Mine also operated in the region.<ref>James H. Lees, History of Coal Mining in Iowa, Chapter III of [https://books.google.com/books?id=1BUMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA580 Annual Report, 1908], Iowa Geological Survey, 1909, page 580.</ref> Keystone opened new mines south of Rippey into the 20th century, where they were joined by the Snake Creek Coal company and the Buckeye coal company. One mine, with a 125-foot shaft, was located a short distance from the Rippey railroad station.<ref>Henry Hinds, The Coal Deposits of Iowa, [https://books.google.com/books?id=1BUMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA359 Annual Report, 1908], Iowa Geological Survey, 1909, pages 359-360</ref>