Mine Index 2246 D. and D. Coal Company, D. and D. No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2246

Company Name:	D. and D. Coal Company
Mine Name:	D. and D. No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1924	End Date:	1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	29
Production Indicated Acres:	100	General Area of mining acres shown:	27

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

1

SW SW NE

Air shaft

Fulton

8N 4E

1

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

156

4.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Two roof falls were noted on the source map (microfilm document 351620) in the southern part of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Westerby Brothers (add)	Westerby (add)	1924-1939	181,538

Farmington Coal Company (add)	Farmington (add)	1940-1946	82,751

D. and D. Coal Company (add)	D. and D. No. 3 (add)	1946-1952 Idle 1951	92,346

Total Production: 356,635

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351620

4-1952

1:1200

1:1738

Final

Microfilm, document 351646

7-1-1925

1:1200

1:1655

Not final

Federal Land Bank Report

4-1934

1:42560

1:42560

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351620, reel 03136, frame 430 - Shaft locations, mine outline (western, southern), mining method, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351646, reel 03137, frame 7 - Shaft location, mine outline (northern).

Federal Land Bank Report (Fulton County) - Mine outline (northern general area of mining).