Mine Index 3279 Ray Lands, Lands No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3279

Company Name:	Ray Lands
Mine Name:	Lands No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1927	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Saline

9S 6E

23

SE NE SEThe location given in the mine notes is unclear and contradictory. The mine may be as shown, or in the S ½ SE, or in T7E.

Geology

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

Springfield

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Oscar Sand (add)	Sand (add)	1927-1928	650

John Sands (add)	Sands (add)	1929-1929	200

Oscar Lands (add)	Lands No. 1 (add)	1930-1936	1,170Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year

William Karnes (add)	Karnes (add)	1937-1937	80

Oscar Lands (add)	Lands No. 1 (add)	1938-1938	194

Wilson and Lane (add)	Wilson and Lane (add)	1939-1939	32

Ray Lands (add)	Lands No. 3 (add)	1940-1940	102

Total Production: 2,428

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS quadrangle and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, drift location, seam.