Mine Index 3281 Black Dot Coal Company, Black Dot No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3281

Company Name:	Black Dot Coal Company
Mine Name:	Black Dot No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1961	End Date:	June 1962
Type of Mine:	Surface
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

Tipple / pit

Saline

9S 6E

26

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Marshall Equipment Company (add)	Mary Ann No. 2 (add)	1961-1961	none reportedAll production was recorded under Black Dot Coal Company.

Marshall Equipment Company (add)	Tick Hill No. 2 (add)	1961-1961	none reportedAll production was recorded under Black Dot Coal Company.

Black Dot Coal Company (add)	Black Dot No. 3 (add)	1961-1962	2,991
Total Production: 2,991

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, mine location, seam.