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

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

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Hopkins Coal Company (add)	Hopkins No. 3 (add)	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 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

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.