Mine Index 3813 Del Valley Coal Company, Del Valley No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3813

Company Name:	Del Valley Coal Company
Mine Name:	Del Valley No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1941
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
Acres after map date:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown is too large for the reported production (8 acres shown, production indicates approximately 1 acre). Previous mining by one or more of the unlocated mines listed in Vermilion County is probable.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Drift

Vermilion

19N 12W

15

NE NW NE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

15

NE NW NE

Geology

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

Danville

40-70

5.67

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Del Valley Coal Company (add)	Del Valley No. 3 (add)	1936-1937	200

Del Valley Coal Company The management changed from John Mozatt to D. E. Nixon in 1937, but production was reported under the same name. (add)	Del Valley No. 3 (add)	1937-1941	4,643 Production after map date

Total Production: 4,843

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352975

7-7-1937

1:1200

1:1324

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, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352975, reel 03141, frame 118 - Drift location, mine outline, mining method.