Mine Index 3162 Willis Coal and Mining Company, Willis No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3162

Company Name:	Willis Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Willis No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1903
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	118 The mine is smaller than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 200 acres were mined.
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

19

SE SE SE

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

19

NW SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

68

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Enterprise Coal and Coke Company (add)	Enterprise No. 3 (add)	pre1882-1893 Production and years of operation before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 13 acres were mined.	456,672

DuQuoin Union Coal Company (add)	Enterprise No. 3 (add)	1893-1899	457,000

Vulcan Coal Company (add)	Enterprise No. 3 (add)	1899-1901	57,700

Willis Coal and Mining Company (add)	Willis No. 3 (add)	1901-1903	97,581

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352118

3-1930

1:2400

1:4303

Secondary source

WPA, T6S-R1W

1940 The mine outline was dated 1898, and would be a “not final” boundary.

1:12000

1:55096

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352118, reel 03136, frames 119-122, map of Security Mine (mine index 451) - Mine outline (southern half), mining method.

WPA map, T6S-R1W - Shaft locations, mine outline (southern half).