Montgomery County Clerk/Recorder Sandy Leitheiser recently 

announced the County Clerk/Recorder’s office recently received a 

copy of Hillsboro’s Deer Run Coal Mine 2021 Annual Mining Map. 

The map defines the location of both previously mined areas and 

proposed mining areas for Deer Run Coal Mine on a yearly basis. 

Leitheiser stated anyone interested in viewing the Deer Run Coal 

Mine 2021 Annual Mining Map may do so on the Montgomery 

County website’s (montgomeryco.com) G.I.S. mapping page, 

looking for the “Deer Run Coal Mine Annual Mining Map” link. A 

printed copy of the map is also available for viewing at the County 

Clerk’s office. Anyone with questions relating to the map is 

encouraged to contact Patton Mining Engineering Associate Brian 

Monk at 12051 9 th Av, PO Box 457, Hillsboro, IL 62049.