Mine Index 5862 Layne’s Coal Company, Layne No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 5862

Company Name:	Layne’s Coal Company
Mine Name:	Layne No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1959	End Date:	August 1962
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	17
Production Indicated Acres:	4	General Area of mining acres shown:
Other operators may have excavated at this location.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple or pit

Peoria

9N 6E

22

N ½ NW

Pit

Peoria

9N 6E

15

N ½ SE

Geology

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

Herrin

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Layne’s Coal Company (add)	Layne's No. 3 (add)	1959-1962	25,785
Total Production: 25,785

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

USGS topographic map

1971

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine location.

USGS 7.5-minute topographic map, Oak Hill Quadrangle - Mine outline.