Mine Index 3107 Bailey Brothers Coal Company, Sun No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3107

Company Name:	Bailey Brothers Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sun No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1883	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	206
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

Perry

5S 1W

20

SW NW SW

Air shaft

Perry

5S 1W

20

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

85

5.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Sun Coal and Coke Company (add)	Sun No. 3 (add)	1883-1891	176,575

Sunfield Coal and Coke Company (add)	Sun No. 3 (add)	1891-1892	27,791

Sun Coal and Coke Company (add)	Sun No. 3 (add)	1892-1900	225,033

Bailey Brothers Coal Company (add)	Sun No. 3 (add)	1900-1913Idle 1904	305,244

Total Production: 734,643

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T5S-R1W

8-15-1913 The date is the survey date of the outline. The WPA map was produced circa 1935-1940.

1:12000

1:55096

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

WPA map, T5S-R1W - Shaft locations, mine outline.