Mine Index 6370 William Beirbaum, Side Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 6370

Company Name:	William Beirbaum
Mine Name:	Side Hill Mine
Start Date:	1854	End Date:	1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not listed in Coal Reports; production unknown.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

6N 9W

11

NW

Geology

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

Herrin

3.0

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Eddington not listed in Coal Reports; production unknown. (add)	Eddington (add)	1854-1857

Seedler not listed in Coal Reports; production unknown. (add)	Seedler (add)	1857-1862 Seedler then moved to Rocky Branch, a mile and a half north of Bethalto and opened the Yankee Diggings

William Beirbaum not listed in Coal Reports; production unknown. (add)	Side Hill Mine (add)	active 1929

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (J. R. Van Pelt, Jr.)

1929

(text only)

1:24000

Secondary source

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.

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