Mine Index 3060 Hoffman Coal Company, Hoffman No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3060

Company Name:	Hoffman Coal Company
Mine Name:	Hoffman No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1932	End Date:	1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

9N 6E

23

SW SW NW

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 6E

23

SW SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

80

4.08

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Fred Snider (add)	Snider (add)	1932-1935	7,415

Snider Brothers (add)	Snider (add)	1936-1936	3,163

Snider Coal Company (add)	Snider (add)	1937-1941	27,367

Fred Snider (add)	Snider (add)	1942-1942	4,274

Snider Coal Company (add)	Snider (add)	1943-1943	1,058

Hoffman Coal Company (add)	Hoffman No. 2 (add)	1943-1946	21,686

Total Production: 64,963

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352188

8-5-1946

1:2400

1:3972

Final

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) - Slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352188, reel 03138, frame 226 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.