Mine Index 0812 Carterville Mining Company, Carterville No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0812

Company Name:	Carterville Mining Company
Mine Name:	Carterville No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	129
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 This mine was connected underground to Peabody No. 16 Mine (mine index 0166), and may have used this underground connection for ventilation and escapement.

Williamson

8S 1E

33

NW SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

60

8.0

RP

Danville

65-75

7.0-9.5

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was usually gray shale and occasionally black shale and limestone. Generally 18 to 22 inches of top coal was left to support the roof and this was drawn on retreat. Where the underclay was thickest, squeezes were common.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Crystal Plate Glass Company (add)	Crystal Plate Glass No. 1 (add)	1887-1895	595,160

Pittsburg Plate Glass Company (add)	Pittsburg Plate Glass (add)	1895-1897	160,439

Scott-Wilson Coal Company (add)	Scott-Wilson No. 2 (add)	1897-1900	217,750

New Ohio Washed Coal Company (add)	New Ohio No. 2, Old Fredonia (add)	1900-1903 There may have been additional operators (see the unlocated mines at the back of this report), or the mine may have been idle in 1904.	251,973

Carterville Mining Company (add)	Carterville No. 3 (add)	1905-1909	156,020

Total Production: 1,381,342

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-50, sheet 1

9-2-1931

1:15840

1:15840

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-135

9-1-1927

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189

8-11-1934

1:63360

1:63360

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-50, sheet 1, fault map produced by Franklin County Coal Company - Mine outline (south side of railroad, and eastern part of mine north of the railroad).

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-135, map of Peabody No. 16 Mine (mine index 0166) - Mine outline (northern and western part).

ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-189, work map for Federal Land Bank Report map - Mine outline, shaft location.