Mine Index 3491 William J. Hippard Coal Company, Hippard No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3491

Company Name:	William J. Hippard Coal Company
Mine Name:	Hippard No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	1934
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	111
Acres after map date:	37	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 7W

35

NW NE SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

1N 7W

35

NW NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

90

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Beatty Coal Company (add)	Shiloh Valley (add)	1903-1910 Idle 1906, 1909, 1910	68,488

Silver Creek Valley Coal Company (add)	Beatty, Silver Creek (add)	1910-1917 Idle 1916, 1917	49,858

Liberty Coal and Mining Company (add)	Liberty (add)	1917-1923 Idle second half of 1924 through first half of 1925	456,094

Liberty Coal and Mining Company (add)	Liberty (add)	1923-1925	80,672 Production after map date

William J. Hippard Coal Company (add)	Hippard No. 1 (add)	1925-1934	95,651 Production after map date

Total Production: 750,763

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351106

1-25-1923

1:2400

1:3972

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351106, reel 03134, frames 222, 223 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.