Mine Index 2356 Braceville Coal Company, Braceville No. 3 Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	Grundy unlocated
	County:	Grundy
	Quadrangle:	Gardner
	County Coal Data:	Grundy
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
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Mine Index Number: 2356


Company Name:	Braceville Coal Company
Mine Name:	Braceville No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	September 3, 1891
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	313 ^[1]
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

Grundy

32N 8E

23

NW ^[2]

Geology

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

Colchester

100-118

3.0-6.5

LW

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Braceville Coal Company (add)	Braceville No. 3 (add)	1881-1883	71,472

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad (add)	Braceville No. 3 (add)	1883-1891 ^[3]	699,757

Braceville Coal Company (add)	Braceville No. 3 (add)	1891-1891	20,372


Total Production: 791,601

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Mine notes (sketched map)

Undated

1:3000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Grundy County), Company map - Mine type, shaft location, mine outline, depth, thickness, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ Production indicates approximately 200 acres were mined. The area shown on the accompanying map is larger than expected for the reported production. Some of this mining may have reported under the Braceville No. 2 Mine (mine index 2353).
↑ The mine was placed near the center of the northwest quarter because two large gob piles indicate mining at that location.
↑ Idle 1887

[1] Production indicates approximately 200 acres were mined. The area shown on the accompanying map is larger than expected for the reported production. Some of this mining may have reported under the Braceville No. 2 Mine (mine index 2353).

[2] The mine was placed near the center of the northwest quarter because two large gob piles indicate mining at that location.

[3] Idle 1887

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