Mine Index 0199 Breese Coal Company, North Breese Mine

Mine Index Number: 0199

Company Name:	Breese Coal Company
Mine Name:	North Breese Mine
Start Date:	1907	End Date:	May 1957
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,132
Production Indicated Acres:	103	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Clinton

2N 4W

23

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Clinton

2N 4W

23

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

392-395

6.0

8.5

7.25

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cooperative Coal and Mining Company (add)	Cooperative No. 1 (add)	1907-1910	764,260

North Breese Coal and Mining Company (add)	North (add)	1910-1921	2,473,126

Breese-Trenton Mining Company (add)	North Breese (add)	1921-1935 Idle 1925, 1932-1935	1,096,363

Horner Coal Company (add)	North Breese (add)	1936-1939 Idle 1937-1939	17,848

Clinton County Mining Company (add)	North Breese (add)	1940-1949	1,344.927

Breese Coal Company (add)	North Breese (add)	1949-1950	86,482

Breese Coal Company (add)	North Breese (add)	1950-1957	554,024 Production after map date

Total Production: 6,337,030

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.C53 i5.1-3

4-1950

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.C53 i5.1-3 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method