Mine Index 4072 Floyd Chaney, Chaney No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4072

Company Name:	Floyd Chaney
Mine Name:	Chaney No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	22
Acres after map date:	20	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 3E

24

NE NW NE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

24

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

125

4.17

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Floyd Chaney (add)	Chaney (add)	1935-1937 Idle 1936.	1,470

Black Banner Coal Company (add)	Black Banner (add)	1938-1941	63,182

Black Banner Coal Company (add)	Black Banner (add)	1941-1942	44,899 Production after map date.

Floyd Chaney and Carl Gresham (add)	Chaney and Gresham No. 1 (add)	1943-1943	2,374 Production after map date.

Floyd Chaney Also known as Crab Orchard Coal Company, but not referred to by that name in the Coal Reports. (add)	Chaney No. 3 (add)	1944-1944	25,214 Production after map date.

Total Production: 137,139

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_543_01

2-12-1941

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

State archive map, msha_543_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.