3990

Mine Index Number: 3990

Company Name:	Waldron and Brayfield
Mine Name:	Waldron and Brayfield Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	1917
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	8	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This area was later surface mined by mine index 4433, an unidentified surface mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 1E

2

NE NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

12

9

UG

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Thomas Parrett (add)	Parrett (add)	1903-1906 Idle 1905-1906; reported abandoned in 1906 Coal Report	749

J. S. McNeil (add)	McNeil (add)	1906-1908	12,000

Tom Parritt (add)	Parritt (add)	1908-1909	4,800

J. S. McNeil (add)	McNeil (add)	1909-1914	40,800

Carlisle and McNeil (add)	Carlisle and McNeil (add)	1914-1915	2,094

Waldron and Brayfield (add)	Waldron and Brayfield (add)	1915-1916	3,619

W. J. John (add)	John (add)	1916-1917	unreported

Total Production: 64,062

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Standard Atlas of Williamson County

1908

1:8665

1:8665

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Standard Atlas of Williamson County, Illinois, published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1908 - Slope location.