Mine Index 7870   Frank Hopper,   Hopper Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Greene unlocated
County: Greene
Quadrangle: Roodhouse East
County Coal Data: Greene
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 7870

Company Name: Frank Hopper
Mine Name: Hopper Mine
Start Date: 1913 End Date: 1926
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 5 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main drift or slope Greene 12N 11W 24 SE NW SW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Colchester 10 2.67 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
F. & G. Hopper Hopper 1913-1914 130
Cummins & Goacher Cumins & Goacher 1914-1915 154
Frank Hopper Hopper 1915-1926 [1] 10,547
Total Production: 10,831

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.) 7-24-1927 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Greene County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
ISGS field notes (Greene County) - Mine location, seam.

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Mine Images

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Notes

  1. Idle 1920, 1923 & 1924; production in 1922 was not listed in the Coal Reports for mines producing less than 10,000 tons.