Mine Index 0746 Oak Hill Coal Company, Oak Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 0746

Company Name:	Oak Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Oak Hill Mine
Start Date:	1948	End Date:	May 1954
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was later partially surface mined by Richardson No. 5 Mine (mine index 2284).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Gallatin

10S 8E

24

NW SW NE

Air shaft

Gallatin

10S 8E

24

SE NW NE

Air shaft

Gallatin

10S 8E

24

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

40

4.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Martin and Brown (add)	Oak Hill (add)	1948-1948	136

Oak Hill Coal Company The mine changed ownership in 1952 from B. Miles to R. Knickerbocker, but operated under the same name. (add)	Oak Hill (add)	1949-1954	53,164

Total Production: 53,300

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351541

7-2-1954

1:1200

1:2400

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, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351541, reel 03136, frame 306 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.