Mine Index 7880 Louis Lueking, Lueking No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 7880

Company Name:	Louis Lueking
Mine Name:	Lueking No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1908
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:	18

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Macoupin

7N 9W

35

SW SE NE

Escape shaft

Macoupin

7N 9W

35

SW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

60-85

6.0

3.75-5.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Baer Brothers (add)	Baer (add)	1889-1890	3,848

B. F. Lucking (add)	Lucking (add)	1890-1894	8,732

C. H. Lueking (add)	Lueking (add)	1894-1899	3,172

Lueking Brothers (add)	Lueking (add)	1899-1903	4,185

Fred Luekings (add)	Lueking (add)	1903-1905	2,642

Louis Lueking (add)	Lueking No. 3 (add)	1905-1908	900

Total Production: 23,479

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (D. M. Collingwood)

1923

(text only)

1:24000

Secondary source

Plat Book of Macoupin County

1893

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

ISGS field notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness.

Plat Book of Macoupin Co., Illinois, 1893-94, Chicago?: The American Atlas Co., 79p. - Shaft location.