Mine Index 0441 Union Fuel Company, Union Fuel No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0441

Company Name:	Union Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Union Fuel No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	February 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	517
Acres after map date:	28 Portions of the eastern part of the mine have an added general area of mining on the accompanying map to indicate where mining may have taken place after the map date.	General Area of mining acres shown:	53

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Sangamon

13N 6W

10

NW NE NE

Air shaft

Sangamon

13N 6W

10

NW NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

263-285

6.75

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof varied in the mine, consisting of sandstone in some areas, with shale in others. The black shale roof ranged from 5 inches to 8 feet, and often had an overlying limestone up to 5 feet thick. Some top coal (10 inches or more) was left to protect the black shale roof, which did not stay up if it was exposed to air. The coal contained shale and pyrite in streaks and bands. The fireclay floor was 3 to 8 feet thick.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dawson, Poley and Company (add)	Auburn (add)	1881-1883 Idle 1883	15,392

Auburn Coal and Tile Company (add)	Auburn (add)	1883-1887	47,510

Dennis Noonan (add)	Auburn (add)	1887-1888	11,933

Auburn Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Auburn (add)	1888-1890	21,985

Auburn Coal Company (add)	Auburn (add)	1890-1899	192,579

Chicago-Auburn Coal Company (add)	Chicago-Auburn (add)	1899-1900	18,224

Auburn and Alton Coal Company (add)	Auburn and Alton (add)	1900-1919	1,921,456

Union Fuel Company (add)	Union Fuel No. 3 (add)	1919-1922	466,877

Union Fuel Company (add)	Union Fuel No. 3 (add)	1922-1924	143,759 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,839,715

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_390_03

4-1-1922

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

WPA, T13N-R6W

1-25-1924

1:52800

1:52800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

ISGS field notes (Sangamon County) - Depth.

State archive, IL_390_03 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

WPA map, T13N-R6W - General area of mining (northern and eastern parts of the mine).