Mine Index 0784 Vulcan Coal and Mining Company, Hippard No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0784

Company Name:	Vulcan Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Hippard No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1901	End Date:	February 1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	69
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

St. Clair

1N 8W

34

NW SE SE

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

34

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

94

6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

George Hippard Coal Company (add)	Hippard No. 2, Walnut Valley (add)	1901-1907	263,129

Vulcan Coal and Mining Company (add)	Vulcan No. 2, Hippard (add)	1907-1914	178,732

Total Production: 441,861

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, PB_168

Undated

Unknown

1:24000

Undated (Secondary source)

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.

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

State archive, PB_168, compilation map of mines in the area - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.