Mine Index 3663 United States Fuel Company, Kelly No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3663

Company Name:	United States Fuel Company
Mine Name:	Kelly No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1896	End Date:	March 1921
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,152
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundaries between the Kelly mines (No.s 1 through 5 and 46 and 47, mine index numbers 3731, 3729, 3663, 3660, 3740, 3664 and 3661) cannot be distinguished with any accuracy. The total area for these Kelly mines (5,300 acres) is in line with production of all the Kelly mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

18N 11W

7

NW SW NE No air shafts were shown in this portion of the Kelly mines complex. Interconnection with other Kelly mines underground may have provided air and escapeways to satisfy regulations of the times.

Geology

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

Herrin

189-195

5.5-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 3 (add)	1896-1897	221,197

Kellyville Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 3 (add)	1897-1904	2,466,856

Kelly Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 3 (add)	1904-1905 Abandoned 1905; re-opened 1911	273,592

Bunsen Coal Company (add)	Kelly No. 3 (add)	1911-1916 Abandoned 1905; re-opened 1911	1,625,128

United States Fuel Company (add)	Kelly No. 3 (add)	1916-1921	1,160,477

Total Production: 5,747,250

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-135 A final map is available at the Vermilion County Recorder’s Office (cabinet 03899, drawer 2). The map is too large to trace.

7-1-1947

1:42240

1:42240

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-135, property map of U.S. Coal & Coke Company - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.