Mine Index 3977 Diamond Coal Company, Diamond No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3977

Company Name:	Diamond Coal Company
Mine Name:	Diamond No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	August 1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Some of the south part of the mine was later surface-mined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

8S 2E

33

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

60

7.0-9.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Diamond Coal Company (add)	Diamond No. 3 (add)	1938-1942	27,020
Total Production: 27,020

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353204

8-19-1942

1:1200

1:1241

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.

Microfilm, document 353204, reel 03142, frame 133 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.