Mine Index 0927   Big Ten Coal Company,   Bryant Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Fulton unlocated
County: Fulton
Quadrangle: St. David
Lewistown
County Coal Data: Fulton
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0927

Company Name: Big Ten Coal Company
Mine Name: Bryant Mine
Start Date: 1942 End Date: February 1961
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: 1,030 The outline shown on the accompanying map may include mining by other operators.
Production Indicated Acres: 600 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Tipple Fulton 6N 3E 35 NE SW NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 25-55 4.5-5.2 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
F. C. Morgan Coal Company Morgan Bryant 1942-1954 2,840,394
Big Ten Coal Company Bryant 1955-1961 966,265 [1]
Total Production: 3,806,659

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS map library, 4103.F8 i5.1-67 Undated 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary Source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, thickness
ISGS map library, 4103.F8 i5.1-67, compilation work map of Coal Section personnel - Mine outline.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The Coal Report listed the mine abandoned as of February 1962, but did not list the 1962 production. The mine may have been idle in 1962 before abandonment.