Mine Index 2822 James Hill, Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 2822

Company Name:	James Hill
Mine Name:	Hill Mine
Start Date:	1878	End Date:	1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	18	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 9W

14

NW SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

60-75

3.3 (3.0-5.5)

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Challensworth (add)	Challensworth (add)	1878-1897 Production 1879-1881 unknown, idle 1895	45,180

Amos Challengsworth (add)	Challengsworth (add)	1897-1900	1,400

James Hill (add)	Hill (add)	1900-1910	10,468

Total Production: 57,048

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (T. B. Root)

1922

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

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