Mine Index 3712 Contract Coal Company, Contract No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3712

Company Name:	Contract Coal Company
Mine Name:	Contract No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1924	End Date:	1930
Type of Mine:	Underground and Surface
Total acres shown:	15
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 11W

21

SW SE NE This is the same slope listed for Delaware No. 2 (mine index 3711), used later for access to Contract No. 3 Mine’s enlargement of that underground mine.

Geology

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

Herrin

6.0

Surface,RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Contract Coal Company (add)	Contract No. 3 (add)	1924-1930	68,830

Total Production: 68,830

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352876

8-18-1929

1:2400

1:4965

Not final

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-50

8-18-1929

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, thickness, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352876, reel 03140, frame 506 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-50 - Mine outlines, slope location, mining method.