Mine Index 3500 Southern Coal and Mining Company, Oakland Mine or Southern Mine No. 3

Mine Index Number: 3500

Company Name:	Southern Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Oakland Mine or Southern Mine No. 3
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	162
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Oakland Mine connects underground to Oak Hill Mine (mine index 3522), Lenz Mine (mine index 3499) and possibly to Dutch Hollow Mine (mine index 3503).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft Connected underground to Oak Hill Mine (mine index 3522) for escapement. No other air or escapement shafts were found on the source map.

St. Clair

1N 8W

7

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

170

6.0-6.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Oakland Coal Company (add)	Oakland (add)	1887-1903	641,101

Dutch Hollow Coal Company (add)	Oakland (add)	1903-1904	87,428

Avery Coal and Mining Company (add)	Oakland (add)	1904-1905	78, 718

Southern Coal and Mining Company (add)	Oakland, Southern No. 3 (add)	1905-1912 Idle 1909	282,386

Total Production: 1,089,633

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350974

4-4-1913

1:2400

1:2232

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam depth, thickness.

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

Microfilm map, document 350974, reel 03134, frames 34,35 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.