Mine Index 3981 Liberty Coal Company, Liberty No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3981

Company Name:	Liberty Coal Company
Mine Name:	Liberty No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	June 1964	End Date:	January 1965
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	7 The acreage mined by Liberty No. 3 Mine may be included with Williamson No. 1 Mine (mine index 0955) or an unidentified surface mine (mine index 3983).	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Williamson

9S 1E

1

SW SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

35

4

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Liberty Coal Company (add)	Liberty No. 3 (add)	1964-1965	43,880

Total Production: 43,880

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines

2003

(text only)

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

W. J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Mine location.