Mine Index 4440 Big Three Coal Company, Little Bird Mine

Mine Index Number: 4440

Company Name:	Big Three Coal Company
Mine Name:	Little Bird Mine
Start Date:	July 1955	End Date:	November 1956
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Williamson

9S 1E

11

SW NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

15

5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Crainville Coal Company (add)	Crainville No. 1 (add)	1955-1955	616

Big Three Coal Company (add)	Little Bird (add)	1956-1956	3,628

Total Production: 4,244

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.

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

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

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