Mine Index 0134 Brewerton Coal Company, Brewerton No. 22 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0134

Company Name:	Brewerton Coal Company
Mine Name:	Brewerton No. 22 Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	November 1934
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	495
Acres after map date:	15	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (11.33'x17.25')

Franklin

5S 1E

12

NW NW SE

Air shaft (11'x15')

Franklin

5S 1E

12

NE NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

650-693

8.5

10.0

9.0-9.5

RPP,HERsome HER

Geological Problems Reported

The roof consisted of “white top”, a soft, heavy shale that fell after exposure to air. This shale reportedly was 28 to 30 feet thick. It was necessary to leave 1 to 3 feet of top coal to protect the roof from exposure to air; roof falls were rare because of this precaution. A few pyrite stringers were present in the top of the seam. Rolls and “hills” occurred throughout the mine. The hills caused considerable trouble, because much grading was required, and the weight of the roof was concentrated in the low areas, resulting in squeezes. The blue band was thick, up to 14 inches. The floor clay was more than 10 feet thick and heaved when wet. A squeeze in the western side of the mine was the result of robbing pillars. This floor clay was harder and more shaley than the usual fireclay floor under the Herrin Coal in other areas of the state, and was characterized by many small slips.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Modern Coal Company (add)	Modern No. 1 (add)	1917-1919	158,895

Southern Gem Coal Corporation (add)	Southern Gem No. 2 (add)	1919-1927 Idle 1925-1927	1,768,040

Brewerton Coal Company Known as Interstate Coal Company, Sesser No. 22 Mine, but did not report under this name (add)	Brewerton No. 22 (add)	1928-1934	1,297,907

Brewerton Coal Company (add)	Brewerton No. 22 (add)	1934-1934	97,992 Production after map date

Total Production: 3,322,834

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351423

7-15-1934

1:2400

1:4634

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft sizes, depth.

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

Mine notes (Franklin County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351424, reel 03136, frames 69-72 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.