Mine Index 3058 Peter D. Hoffman, Kickapoo Valley Mine

Mine Index Number: 3058

Company Name:	Peter D. Hoffman
Mine Name:	Kickapoo Valley Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	10
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown on the accompanying map is included in the outline for Banner Block Mine (mine index 3062), whose northwestern portion is the same as the Kickapoo Valley Mine. The two mines operated concurrently, and the workings can not be differentiated.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

9N 6E

23

SE NW SE

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 6E

23

NE SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

4.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kickapoo Valley Coal Company The mine changed management or ownership in 1939, but continued to operate under the same name. (add)	Kickapoo Valley (add)	1933-1940	26,429

Peter D. Hoffman (add)	Kickapoo Valley (add)	1941-1942	8,410

Total Production: 34,839

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352275

2-2-1942

1:2400

1:2482

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352269

6-1951

1:2400

1:3806

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352275, reel 03138, frame 341, map of Black Jewel Mine (mine index 7517) - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline (northern), mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352269, reel 03138, frame 335, map of Banner Block Mine (mine index 3062) - Mine outline (southern and eastern).