Mine Index 2261   G. Schafer,   Hickory Hills Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Gallatin unlocated
County: Gallatin
Quadrangle: Equality
County Coal Data: Gallatin
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Peter Brightner Brightner 1889-1890 600
Brightner and Baldwin Brightner and Baldwin 1890-1894 [1] 12,946
Lloyd and Jeris Lloyd and Jeris 1894-1895 1,180
G. Schafer Hickory Hills 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.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

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Notes

  1. Idle 1894 (reported abandoned)