Mine Index 3726 Lete Coal Company, Inc., Lete Mine

Mine Index Number: 3726

Company Name:	Lete Coal Company, Inc.
Mine Name:	Lete Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1946
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	37
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine was later partially surface mined by the Mary Moore No. 25 Mine (mine index 3707).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 11W

29

SE SW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 11W

29

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

175-180

6.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Achille F. Lete and Sons Coal Company (add)	Lete (add)	1922-1941	140,820

Lete Coal Company, Inc. (add)	Lete (add)	1941-1946	85,003

Total Production: 225,823

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352882

1-30-1946

1:1200

1:2317

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, slope & shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352882, reel 03140, frame 512 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.