Mine Index 0769 Sunset Hill Coal Company, Sunset Hill

Mine Index Number: 0769

Company Name:	Sunset Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sunset Hill
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	172
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

4N 8W

29

SE SW SE

Air shaft

Madison

4N 8W

29

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

82

6.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sunset Hill Coal Company (add)	Sunset Hill (add)	1935-1951	837,396
Total Production: 837,396

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352379

4-8-1951

1:2400

1:3972

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352379, reel 03139, frame 8 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.