Mine Index 0066 Superior Coal Company, Superior No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0066

Company Name:	Superior Coal Company
Mine Name:	Superior No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	October 1953
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	19,186
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundaries between this mine, Superior No. 1 (mine index 0413), No. 2 (mine index 0503), and No. 4 (mine index 0188) could not be distinguished. The acreage reported is the total for all four mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

8N 7W

36

50 FNL, 440 FWL

Air shaft

Macoupin

8N 7W

36

NE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

340-350

6.0

9.33

7.0-7.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Concretions (some 5 feet long, 3 feet wide and 1.5 feet thick) surrounded by slips were present and fell without warning. Limestone protrusions extended down into the coal seam. Roof conditions in this mine were otherwise considered very good. The floor clay heaved, but was thin (1.5 to 2 feet).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Superior Coal Company (add)	Superior No. 3 (add)	1905-1953	36,857,601
Total Production: 36,857,601

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1124

10-29-1953

1:4800

1:4800

Final

State archive, IL_1102

8-7-1953

1:4800

1:4800

Final

State archive, IL_1126_03

5-9-1951

1:4800

1:4800

Final

State archive, IL_1130

5-25-1954

1:4800

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State archive, IL_1124 - Shaft locations, mine outline (west, north), mining method.

State archive, IL_1102 map of Superior No. 2 (mine index 0503) - Mine outline (southeast, south central).

State archive, IL_1126_03, map of Superior No. 1 (mine index 0413) - Mine outline (east, northeast, north central).

State archive, IL_1130, map of Superior No. 4 (mine index 0188) - Mine outline (west, southwest).