Mine Index 3208 Illinois Fuel Company, Illinois Fuel No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3208

Company Name:	Illinois Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Illinois Fuel No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1894	End Date:	1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	55	General Area of mining acres shown:	66

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Randolph

5S 6W

16

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

40

5.0-6.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The mine was said to have had a poor roof, shale that tended to come down without a limestone caprock.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

R. H. Roseborough (add)	Roseborough No. 3 (add)	1894-1895	6,151

Randolph Coal and Coke Company (add)	Randolph No. 3 (add)	1895-1897	5,610

Illinois Fuel and Power Company (add)	Illinois Fuel No. 3 (add)	1897-1900	58,892

Illinois Fuel Company (add)	Illinois Fuel No. 3 (add)	1900-1906	202,134

Total Production: 272,787

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

7-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Randolph County) - Depth.

ISGS field notes (Randolph County) - Shaft location, geologic problems.

Federal Land Bank Report (Randolph County) - Shaft location, general area of mining.