Mine Index 0640 Cedar Hill Coal Company, Cedar Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 0640

Company Name:	Cedar Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cedar Hill Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4
Acres after map date:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was later partially surface mined by Eagle Strip Mine (mine index 883).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Gallatin

10S 9E

19

NW NE NW

Air shaft

Gallatin

10S 9E

19

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

4.3-5.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

St. Thomas Coal Company (add)	St. Thomas (add)	1934-1935	3,489

Cedar Hill Coal Company (add)	Cedar Hill (add)	1936-1937	9,704

Cedar Hill Coal Company (add)	Cedar Hill (add)	1938-1941	34,564 Production after map date

Vancill, Dryden and Lindsay Company (add)	Vancill, Dryden and Lindsay (add)	1941-1941	4,863 Production after map date

Fred Lindsay (add)	Cedar Hill (add)	1942-1942	1,892 Production after map date

Duncan and Sons (add)	Duncan (add)	1942-1942	563 Production after map date

Cedar Hill Coal Company (add)	Cedar Hill (add)	1942-1942	3,205 Production after map date

Total Production: 58,280

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351536

1937

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351536, reel 03136, frame 301 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.