Mine Index 0436 Franklin County Coal Company, Walnut Ridge No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0436

Company Name:	Franklin County Coal Company
Mine Name:	Walnut Ridge No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	October 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	233
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 (8.5 x 15 ft)

Williamson

8S 2E

30

NE SE SW

Air shaft (8.5 x 13.5 ft)

Williamson

8S 2E

30

NE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

137-155

8.0-11.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The coal was fairly uniform in thickness.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Hemlock Coal Company Also known as Oak Ridge & Hemlock Coal Company (add)	Hemlock (add)	1906-1907	6,950

Big Muddy River Consolidated Coal Company (add)	Hemlock (add)	1907-1908	54,865

Southern Illinois Coal and Coke Company (add)	Hemlock (add)	1908-1912	385,485

Southern Illinois Coal and Coke Company (add)	Walnut Ridge (add)	1912-1914	336,103

Taylor Mining Company (add)	Walnut Ridge No. 3 (add)	1914-1923 Idle 1916	1,115,741

Franklin County Coal Company (add)	Walnut Ridge No. 3 (add)	1923-1923	34,688

Total Production: 1,933,832

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353295

8-30-1925

1:2400

1:4965

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 353295, reel 03142, frame 254 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.