Mine Index 7271 Hustler Coal Company, Hustler No. 8 Mine

Mine Index Number: 7271

Company Name:	Hustler Coal Company
Mine Name:	Hustler No. 8 Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	April 1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	437
Acres after map date:	1Production indicates approximately 1 acre was mined after the map date. A portion of the southwestern part of the mine was later surface mined by the Streamline Mine (mine index 872).	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Perry

6S 4W

30

NW SE NW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 4W

30

NE SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

65-85

6.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Missouri and Illinois Coal Company (add)	Missouri and Illinois No. 4 (add)	1903-1914	1,327,183

Willis Coal Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 8 (add)	1917-1932Re-opened the abandoned Missouri and Illinois Mine. Idle 1928-1932	1,019,535

Home Coal Company (add)	Home No. 8 (add)	1933-1935	17,839Production after map date

Hustler Coal Company (add)	Hustler No. 8 (add)	1935-1936	5,051Production after map date

Total Production: 2,369,608

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352131

4-1934

1:2400

1:4468

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352131, reel 03138, frames 139 & 140 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.