Mine Index 5852 Newsam Brothers Mine, New Millard No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 5852

Company Name:	Newsam Brothers Mine
Mine Name:	New Millard No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1895
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	15
Production Indicated Acres:	90	General Area of mining acres shown:
The updated source map is unlikely to be a final map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Peoria

8N 7E

24

SE NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

90-120

4.33-4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Millard and Wolschlag (add)	Millard and Wolschlag (add)	1882-1892	274,560

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Millard No. 2 (add)	1892-1894	59,130

Newsam Brothers (add)	New Millard No. 3 (add)	1894-1895	11,535

Total Production: 345,225

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352144

Undated

1:1200

1:1655

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352144, reel 03138, frames 164, 165 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.