Mine Index 2780 Hillside Coal Company, Hillside Mine

Mine Index Number: 2780

Company Name:	Hillside Coal Company
Mine Name:	Hillside Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	5
Acres after map date:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

5N 8W

6

NE NW NW

Air shaft

Madison

5N 8W

6

NE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

22-65

5.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map designates several areas “caved-in” and “blocked off” in the eastern and central portions of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Hillside Coal Company (add)	Hillside (add)	1933-1938	19,281

Hillside Coal Company (add)	Hillside (add)	1938-1939	2,057 Production after map date

Paul Schoeneweis (add)	Hillside (add)	1940-1941	4,203 Production after map date

Hillside Coal Company (add)	Hillside (add)	1941-1942	2,912 Production after map date

Total Production: 28,453

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352349

11-15-1938

1:1200

1:1407

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352349, reel 03138, frame 457 - Mine outline, shaft locations, mining method, geologic problems.