Mine Index 2032 L. F. Brandt and Son, Brandt Mine

Mine Index Number: 2032

Company Name:	L. F. Brandt and Son
Mine Name:	Brandt Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	5
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Bureau

16N 6E

29

SW SW SW

Old air shaft

Bureau

16N 6E

29

SW SW SW

Old escape shaft

Bureau

16N 6E

29

SW SW SW

Escape shaft

Bureau

16N 6E

32

NE NW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

57

4.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

L. F. Brandt and Son (add)	Brandt (add)	1934-1941	18,346

L. F. Brandt and Son (add)	Brandt (add)	1941-1943	2,320 Production after map date

Total Production: 20,666

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351377

11-9-1941

1:480

1:728

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351377, reel 03135, frame 415 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

State archive, IL_1037 - Georegistration aid (used to scale microfilm image).