Mine Index 3135 Du Quoin Coal Company, Jupiter No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3135

Company Name:	Du Quoin Coal Company
Mine Name:	Jupiter No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1898	End Date:	1911
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	112
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

6S 1W

6

NE SW SW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

6

SE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

65

6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John C. Porter (add)	Lake (add)	1898-1899	9,599

Superior Coal Company (add)	Lake (add)	1899-1902	181,287

Weaver Coal Company (add)	Weaver No. 3 (add)	1902-1903	36,077

Manufacturers Fuel Company (add)	Jupiter No. 3 (add)	1903-1905	78,164

Du Quoin Coal Company (add)	Jupiter No. 3 (add)	1905-1907	100,753

Miller and Horn Coal Company (add)	Jupiter No. 3 (add)	1907-1908	76,991

Du Quoin Coal Company (add)	Jupiter No. 3 (add)	1908-1911	55,750

Total Production: 538,621

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T6S-R1W

9-23-1913The WPA map was compiled in 1940, but the mine outline had a survey date of 1913.

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) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

WPA map, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations, mine outline.