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

Mine Index Number: 3281

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

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

Shaft 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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Springfield					Surface

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Marshall Equipment Company (add)	Mary Ann No. 2 (add)	1961-1961	none reported

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Marshall Equipment Company (add)	Tick Hill No. 2 (add)	1961-1961	none reported

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
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

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Mine notes	Undated	(text only)	1:24000	Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Mine Notes

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  M3281 minenotes.pdf