Mine Index 0689 Freeman Coal Mining Corporation, Freeman No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0689

Company Name:	Freeman Coal Mining Corporation
Mine Name:	Freeman No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1948	End Date:	September 1955
Type of Mine:	854
Total acres shown:
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

Williamson

8S 2E

10

SE SW NW

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

10

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

211-217

8.33-8.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source maps show two large, parallel northwest-trending faults in the northwestern part of the workings. The northeastern fault has 20 feet of throw, the southwestern has 10 to 60 feet of displacement.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Freeburn Mining Company (add)	Freeburn No. 3 (add)	1948-1954	4,926,168

Freeman Coal Mining Corporation (add)	Freeburn No. 3 (add)	1955-1955	779,620

Total Production: 5,705,788

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353246

9-27-1955

1:2400

1:5297

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, 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.

Microfilm map, document 353246, reel 03142, frame 187 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County, 2003 - Geologic problems.