Mine Index 4149 Helm Coal Company, Helm No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4149

Company Name:	Helm Coal Company
Mine Name:	Helm No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	February 1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16
Acres after map date:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope The mine was also connected underground to the Towery Mine (mine index 4145), which may have aided ventilation or provided escapement.

Williamson

9S 4E

35

SW SE SW

Air shaft The mine was also connected underground to the Towery Mine (mine index 4145), which may have aided ventilation or provided escapement.

Williamson

9S 4E

35

SW SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

72

4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bloodworthy, Treece and Horsley (add)	Bloodworthy, Treece and Horsley (add)	1935-1936	3,603

Helm Coal Company (add)	Helm No. 3 (add)	1937-1948 Idle 1941	43,541

Helm Coal Company (add)	Helm No. 3 (add)	1948-1951	10,218 Production after map date

Total Production: 57,362

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-71

5-1948

1:1200

1:1200

Not 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.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-71 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.