Mine Index 0957 Three States Trucking, Inc., De Soto No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0957

Company Name:	Three States Trucking, Inc.
Mine Name:	De Soto No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1976	End Date:	1976
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	25 Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined. The mine notes stated that area had previously been surface mined, although the other operators were not identified.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit / tipple

Jackson

8S 1W

17

NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Three States Trucking, Inc. The mine may have later been purchased by SIMCO, but no production was reported under that name. (add)	De Soto No. 3 (add)	1976-1976	8,693

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map

PR 1978

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine location.

De Soto Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968, photorevised 1978 - Mine outline.