Mine Index 2776 Edwardsville Coal Company, Edwardsville No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2776

Company Name:	Edwardsville Coal Company
Mine Name:	Edwardsville No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1879	End Date:	April 1923
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	508
Acres after map date:	50	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

4N 8W

11

SE SW SE

Air shaft

Madison

4N 8W

11

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

216-217

3.5-7.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Wolf Brothers Coal and Mining Company (add)	Wolf (add)	1879-1891	576,332

Madison Coal Company (add)	Madison No. 3 (add)	1891-1904	893,917

Edwardsville Coal Company (add)	Edwardsville No. 3 (add)	1904-1910	380,734

City Coal Company Operated by Herzogg-Gears and Co. in 1912 (add)	City No. 3 (add)	1910-1917	216,445

Edwardsville Coal Company (add)	Edwardsville No. 3 (add)	1917-1920	151,280

Edwardsville Coal Company (add)	Edwardsville No. 3 (add)	1920-1923	215,336 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,434,004

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352354

2-1920

1:2400

1:4966

Not final

WPA, T4N-R8W

10-1-1920 Date of the outline (mine survey) shown on WPA map. The WPA map was produced in the 1930s and was undated.

1:1200

1:41143

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, Illinois; Published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Opening year, depth.

Microfilm map, document 352354, reel 03138, frame 468 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

WPA map, T4N-R8W - Air shaft location.