Tuesday, February 14, 2023

Macoupin C: Mt. Clare, IL: Superior Coal Mine #3

(Satellite, this is the location only if a postcard label made a poor choice of town.)

Roger Kujawa posted
1929 Lithograph View Coal Mine 3 Gillespie Illinois Macoupin County IL Postcard

Heath Smith commented on Roger's post, cropped
Looking at a couple of similar pictures while I eat dinner.

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
There were a couple of mines in Gillespie, but neither of them was #3
https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/webfiles/topo-mines/gillespie-north.pdf

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
While looking at a topo map to get the 1928 railroad names, I noticed that there was a #3 down by Mt. Clare. Illinois Traction served the Little Dog mine while a spur from the C&NW served Mine #3.
1912 Gillespie Quad @ 62,500
Note that the Little Dog Soccer Fields repurposed the land of the Little Dog mine.
https://www.google.com/.../data=!3m1!1e3!4m6!3m5...

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
The detailed location of Mine #3.
https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/webfiles/topo-mines/gillespie-south.pdf

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
Little Dog:
https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/macoupin/flight10/00ck01027.jpg

Dennis DeBruler commented on Roger's post
Mine #3
 https://clearinghouse.isgs.illinois.edu/webdocs/ilhap/county/data/macoupin/flight10/00ck01030.jpg


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