2678

Mine Index Number: 2678

Company Name:	Hydraulic Press Brick Company
Mine Name:	Hydraulic Press Brick Mine
Start Date:	1941	End Date:	1959
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	17Production indicates approximately 5 acres were mined. The map may represent the area mined for clay as well the coal.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

LaSalle

33N-2E

21

S 1/2 NW

Geology

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

Colchester

10-14

2.5

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Starved Rock Clay Company (add)	Starved Rock (add)	1941-1947Idle 1943-1947	481

Arthur Mart (add)	Mart (add)	1948-1948	931

Higgins Coal Company (add)	Higgins (add)	1948-1949	480

Arthur Mart Clay and Coal Company (add)	Mart (add)	1949-1958	12,974

Streator Brick Company (add)	Streator (add)	1958-1958	23

Hydraulic Press Brick Company (add)	Hydraulic Press Brick (add)	1959-1959	6,756

Total Production: 21,645

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 350389

3-28-1977

1:1200

Unknown

Final

Company, 4103.L32 i5.3-1

2-24-1969

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Coal Section files, 6-85e

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 350389, reel 03132, frame 160 - Mine outline, mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.3-1 - Mine outline (northern part).

Coal Section files, Colchester Coal overburden map, 6-85e - Mine outline (northern part).