Mine Index 2473 Sand Hill Coal Company, Sand Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 2473

Company Name:	Sand Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sand Hill Mine
Start Date:	1957	End Date:	1957
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit / tipple

Jackson

7S 3W

35

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Murphysboro

25

5.0

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sand Hill Coal Company (add)	Sand Hill (add)	1957-1957	2,900
Total Production: 2,900

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

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, seam, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine location.