Mine Index 2751 Brookside Coal Company, Brookside Mine

Mine Index Number: 2751

Company Name:	Brookside Coal Company
Mine Name:	Brookside Mine
Start Date:	before 1881	End Date:	November 1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	195
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Madison

3N 7W

9

SE SE SW

Air shaft

Madison

3N 7W

9

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

290-298

5.0-5.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Brookside Coal Company (add)	Brookside (add)	pre1881-1887	276,312

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Brookside (add)	1887-1896	315,510

Joseph Hardin (add)	Brookside (add)	1896-1897	38,220

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Brookside (add)	1897-1906	319,414

Brookside Coal Company (add)	Brookside (add)	1906-1912	166,019

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352345

6-22-1911

1:1200

1:2234

Not final

State archive, IL_987

4-14-1914

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352345, reel 03138, frames 452, 453 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

State archive, IL_987 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.