Mine Index 3522 Guest Coal Company, Oak Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 3522

Company Name:	Guest Coal Company
Mine Name:	Oak Hill Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	274
Acres after map date:	8	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

18

291 FNL, 2295 FEL

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

18

364 FNL, 2020 FEL

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

8

SW SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

180-205

6.0-6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Yock Coal and Mining Company (add)	Yock (add)	1889-1892	66,838

Oak Hill Coal Company (add)	Oak Hill (add)	1892-1905	505,948

Southern Coal and Mining Company (add)	Southern No. 4, Oak Hill (add)	1905-1916 Idle 1909, 1913-1916	198,280

Guest Coal Company (add)	Oak Hill (add)	1916-1936	975,355

Guest Coal Company (add)	Oak Hill (add)	1936-1939	52,676 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,799,097

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350975

12-8-1936

1:1800

1:3103

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Microfilm map, document 350975, reel 03134, frames 36,37 - Shaft locations, mine outline, method.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft locations.