Mine Index 2312 Hopper & Ferguson, Hopper & Ferguson Mine

Mine Index Number: 2312

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Hopper & Ferguson
Mine Name:	Hopper & Ferguson Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main drift	Greene	12N 10W	19	SW NE NW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Colchester				2.5	Underground

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Orville L. Ferguson, Jr. (add)	Ferguson No. 2 (add)	1939-1942	428

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Hopper & Ferguson (add)	Hopper & Ferguson (add)	1942-1942	12

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 440

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Mine notes	Undated	1:62500	1:62500	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Greene County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness.