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 (9 x 18 ft)

Clinton

2N 4W

23

SW NW NE

Air shaft (10 x 16 ft)

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	1,096,363

Horner Coal Company (add)	North Breese (add)	1936-1939	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

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