Mine Index 0097 Chicago Collieries Company, Chicago Collieries No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0097

Company Name:	Chicago Collieries Company
Mine Name:	Chicago Collieries No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1907	End Date:	July 1921
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	44
Acres after map date:	13	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

19N 13W

35

SW SW NW

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 13W

34

NW SW NW

Geology

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

Danville

185-236

4.5

5.75

5.0-5.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was 2 to 6 feet of dark gray shale that contained sulphur balls and broke in slabs that fell if not propped. Roof rolls and horsebacks, generally trending northeast-southwest, were present, but few in number. The contact between the shale and coal was very irregular. Beds of black jack, sulphur, bone, and dirt were scattered throughout the coal seam. Some were persistent, while the rest were lenticular. Sulphur balls, distributed irregularly throughout the coal seam, were present over the entire mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jordan Coal Company (add)	Jordan (add)	1907-1908	3,600

D. A. Morin and Secan Nevario (add)	Jordan (add)	1908-1909	none

Fairmount Coal Company (add)	Fairmount No. 1, Bennett Station (add)	1909-1912 Idle 1910. The organizer of Fairmount Coal Company was Hugh Shirkey.	59,678

William Woods (add)	Woods (add)	1913-1914	2,400

Fairmount Coal Company (add)	Fairmount (add)	1914-1917	8,608

Chicago Collieries Company (add)	Chicago Collieries No. 3Also known as Bennett Station Mine (add)	1917-1920	128,096

Chicago Collieries Company (add)	Chicago Collieries No. 3Also known as Bennett Station Mine (add)	1920-1921	61,313 Production after map date

Total Production: 263,695

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_725_01

6-1-1920

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

State archive, msha_778_01

7-1914

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, mining method.

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

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

State archive, msha_725_01- Shaft locations, mine outline (northern part of mine), mining method.

State archive, msha_778_01 - Mine outline (southern part of mine).