Mine Index 2073   Hopkins Coal Company,   Hopkins No. 3 Mine

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

Mine Index Number: 2073

Company Name: Hopkins Coal Company
Mine Name: Hopkins No. 3 Mine
Start Date: 1958 End Date: 1962
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: None
Acres after map date: Less than 1 General Area of mining acres shown:

Not Shown On Map. The Hopkins No. 3 Mine is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by the Sunspot Mine (mine index 865).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Pit or tipple Fulton 3N 1E 1 SW SE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Colchester 15-20 1.67-2.5 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Hopkins Coal Company Hopkins No. 3 1958-1962 809
Total Production: 809

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes Undated 1:62500 1:24000 [1] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, mine location.
Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.