Mine Index 0290 Empire Coal Company, Empire No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0290

Company Name:	Empire Coal Company
Mine Name:	Empire No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1899	End Date:	March 31, 1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	766
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Mercer

14N 2W

20

SW NE NE

Geology

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

Rock Island

130-135

3.0

6.5

4.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Empire Coal Company (add)	Empire No. 3 (add)	1899-1910	1,653,646
Total Production: 1,653,646

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Coal Section files (Alexis Quadrangle)

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, abandonment date.

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

Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, 15-minute Alexis Quadrangle - Mine outline, shaft location.