Mine Index 2769 Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis, Abbey No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2769

Company Name:	Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis
Mine Name:	Abbey No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1875	End Date:	March 31, 1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	541
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

Madison

3N 8W

34

NE NW SW

Air shaft

Madison

3N 8W

34

NE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

135

6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Abbey Coal and Mining Company (add)	Abbey No. 3 (add)	1875-1886	490,576

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Abbey No. 3 (add)	1886-1896	1,530,320

T. F. Jolly (add)	Abbey No. 3 (add)	1896-1897	133,912

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Abbey No. 3 (add)	1897-1906	1,246,21

Total Production: 3,401,024

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.M35 i5.1-29

3-10-1906

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Microfilm, document 352395

5-20-1950

1:2400

1:4800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

History of Madison County, published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Mine ownership, years of operation.

ISGS map library, 4103.M35 i5.1-29 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method, abandonment date.

Microfilm map, document 352395, reel 03139, frame 42, map of Cantine No. 2 (mine index 0071) - Mine outline (NW SW NE 3-T2N-R8W).