Mine Index 0221 Springside Coal Company, Springside No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0221

Company Name:	Springside Coal Company
Mine Name:	Springside No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	724
Acres after map date:	20	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft This mine was connected underground to the Penwell Mine (mine index 371) in 1893, for mutual escapement.

Christian

11N 1E

15

NW NW SE

Air shaft

Christian

11N 1E

15

NW NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

720

6.0

12.0

7.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Some gas was present; a gas explosion killed the company mine examiner in 1921. The immediate roof was 6 inches to 16 feet of black shale that had many slips. These slips made the roof unstable; it came down readily and required heavy timbering. Top coal may have been left to support the roof until the room was ready for abandonment, as evidenced by a fall of top coal causing a fatality in 1917. Above the black shale was a dark gray shale. A limestone cap rock was above the shale. Pyrite in lenses and bands was present throughout the coal, both laterally and vertically.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Springside Coal Mining Company Weaver Coal and Coke Company operated this mine in 1903. (add)	Springside (add)	1889-1903	1,405,850

Manufacturers Fuel Company (add)	Springside (add)	1903-1905 Idle 1905	110,503

Smith-Lohr Coal Company (add)	Springside (add)	1905-1922	2,361,459

Springside Coal Company (add)	Springside No. 3 (add)	1922-1923	113,223

Springside Coal Company (add)	Springside No. 3 (add)	1923-1924	106,760 Production after map date

Total Production: 4,097,795

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, R4103.C4 i5.1-1

5-1923

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library R4103.C4 i5.1-1 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.