Mine Index 2261 G. Schafer, Hickory Hills Mine

Mine Index Number: 2261

Company Name:	G. Schafer
Mine Name:	Hickory Hills Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1897
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Gallatin

9S 8E

17

NE NE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

30

4.0-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peter Brightner (add)	Brightner (add)	1889-1890	600

Brightner and Baldwin (add)	Brightner and Baldwin (add)	1890-1894 Idle 1894 (reported abandoned)	12,946

Lloyd and Jeris (add)	Lloyd and Jeris (add)	1894-1895	1,180

G. Schafer (add)	Hickory Hills (add)	1895-1897	4,600

Total Production: 19,326

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mined-out area map, area 32

1950

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine location.

ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Depth, thickness

ISGS mined-out area map, area 32 - Drift location.