Mine Index 3921 Murphy, Keenan and Company, Murphy and Keenan No. 3 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Will unlocated
	County:	Will
	Quadrangle:	Wilmington
	County Coal Data:	Will
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

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Mine Index Number: 3921


Company Name:	Murphy, Keenan and Company
Mine Name:	Murphy and Keenan No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	44
Production Indicated Acres:	26	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Will

32N 9E

5

SE SW NE

Shaft

Will

32N 9E

5

NW SE NE ^[1]

Geology

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

Colchester

55-63

2.7-3.4

LW (old longwall)

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Murphy, Keenan and Company (add)	Murphy & Keenan No. 2^[2] (add)	1902-1904	63,378

Murphy, Keenan and Company ^[3] (add)	Murphy & Keenan No. 3^[4] (add)	1904-1909	276,652


Total Production: 340,030

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

ISGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-4

1935

1:31680

Secondary source

USGS topographic map

PR 1973

1:24000

Secondary Source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ISGS map library, 4103.W51 i5.1-4, sheet 1, work map compiled from J. C. Quade (Federal Land Bank Report) notes & maps - Shaft location, mine outline, ownership, depth.

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Wilmington Quadrangle, 1954, photorevised 1973 - Shaft location.

The Braidwood Story - Mine name.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ A mine dump on the old topographic map suggests that there was a shaft near this location. No shaft was shown on the secondary source map, and is shown on the accompanying map as an uncertain location point symbol.
↑ Murphy, Linskey and Kasher operated four mines referred to as The Shamrocks. This mine is likely one of the “Shamrocks”, as the mine number and years of production fit the sequence of Murphy, Linskey and Kasher mines.
↑ The mine was listed as Murphy, Linskey and Kasher, No. 3 Mine when it closed.
↑ Murphy, Linskey and Kasher operated four mines referred to as The Shamrocks. This mine is likely one of the “Shamrocks”, as the mine number and years of production fit the sequence of Murphy, Linskey and Kasher mines.

[1] A mine dump on the old topographic map suggests that there was a shaft near this location. No shaft was shown on the secondary source map, and is shown on the accompanying map as an uncertain location point symbol.

[2] Murphy, Linskey and Kasher operated four mines referred to as The Shamrocks. This mine is likely one of the “Shamrocks”, as the mine number and years of production fit the sequence of Murphy, Linskey and Kasher mines.

[3] The mine was listed as Murphy, Linskey and Kasher, No. 3 Mine when it closed.

[4] Murphy, Linskey and Kasher operated four mines referred to as The Shamrocks. This mine is likely one of the “Shamrocks”, as the mine number and years of production fit the sequence of Murphy, Linskey and Kasher mines.

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