Mine Index 3040 Peoria District Colliery Company, Sholl No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3040

Company Name:	Peoria District Colliery Company
Mine Name:	Sholl No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1896	End Date:	1914
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	270
Acres after map date:	38	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft The poor condition of the source map prevents a clear view of the shaft area, but a symbol just north of the shaft isvery likely an air shaft (not shown on the accompanying map).

Peoria

8N 7E

25

SW NW SW

Escape Shaft

Peoria

8N 7E

26

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

76

4.25

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sholl Brothers (add)	Prosperity No. 3 (add)	1896-1910	1,031,884

Dering and Cruikshank (add)	Sholl No. 3 (add)	1910-1912	244,170

Peoria District Colliery Company (add)	Sholl No. 3 (add)	1912-1914	144,680 Production after map date

Total Production: 1,420,734

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352151

4-1-1912

1:2400

1:5131

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type.

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352151, reel 03138, frame 175 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.