Mine Index 0060 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0060

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	March 1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,019
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	22

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (10 x 17.75 ft)

Williamson

9S 2E

1

SW SW NW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 2E

1

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

116

11.0

7.0-9.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was generally gray shale, requiring 1.5 to 2 feet of top coal for support. In some areas, the roof was black shale and/or limestone. The source map showed caved areas in the southeast tip of the mine. Many small unmined areas within the mine showed that geologic problems of some kind hindered mining, but these were not labeled on the source map.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Southern Illinois Coal Mining and Washing Company (add)	Southern Illinois No. 3 (add)	1900-1904	488,673

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 3 (add)	1904-1929	10,547,879

Total Production: 11,036,552

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-143

8-4-1932

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-143 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.