Mine Index 0198 Citizens Coal Company, East Breese Mine

Mine Index Number: 0198

Company Name:	Citizens Coal Company
Mine Name:	East Breese Mine
Start Date:	1887	End Date:	April 1961
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,758
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

Clinton

2N 4W

22

1452 FNL, 1365 FEL

Air shaft

Clinton

2N 4W

22

NE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

430

7.0

8.0

7.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The northern part of the mine had good roof while the southern part of the mine had poor roof conditions. The source map shows irregular un-mined areas that may indicate areas of poor roof or lower quality coal. The un-mined areas are present in the northern and southern parts of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Future Coal and Mining Company (add)	Future (add)	1887-1894	318,853

Breese Coal Company (add)	Breese No. 1 (add)	1894-1904	2,028,603

Breese-Trenton Mining Company (add)	East Breese (add)	1904-1931	5,504,665

Citizens Coal Company (add)	East Breese (add)	1932-1961	2,306,327

Total Production: 10,158,448

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_473_5

4-12-1961

1:2400

1:5297

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, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, state archive, IL_473_05 - Shaft locations, mine outline, depth, mining method.