Mine Index 3155 Little Jewel Coal Company, Jewel No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3155

Company Name:	Little Jewel Coal Company
Mine Name:	Jewel No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
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 slope

Perry

6S 1W

17

SE SW SW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

17

SE SW SW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

17

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jewel Coal Company (add)	Jewel No. 3 (add)	1935-1935	763

New Jewel Coal Company (add)	Jewel No. 3 (add)	1936-1936	800

Jewel Coal Company (add)	Jewel No. 3 (add)	1937-1937	860

New Jewel Coal Company (add)	Jewel No. 3 (add)	1938-1940	1,946

Little Jewel Coal Company (add)	Jewel No. 3 (add)	1940-1941	1,903

Jewel Coal Company (add)	Jewel No. 3 (add)	1942-1942	2,371

Little Jewel Coal Company (add)	Jewel No. 3 (add)	1943-1946	13,483

Total Production: 22,126

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352079

4-30-1948

1:720

1:1092

Final

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, slope location, seam.

Microfilm map, document 352079, reel 03138, frame 58 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.