Mine Index 3942 Big Three Coal Company, Big Three No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3942

Company Name:	Big Three Coal Company
Mine Name:	Big Three No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1956	End Date:	May 1956
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	4
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown is too large for the reported production. Big Three No. 1 Mine may have enlarged an existing pit or later operators may have expanded the Big Three pit. (See the unlocated mines at the back of this report.)

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

8S 1E

32

SE NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

20

4

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Big Three Coal Company (add)	Big Three No. 1 (add)	1956-1956	2,800
Total Production: 2,800

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

USGS topographic map

PR 1978

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Seam, depth, thickness, general location.

De Soto Quadrangle, USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, 1968, photorevised 1978 - Mine outline.