Mine Index 2097 Clio C. Branson, Branson Mine

Mine Index Number: 2097

Company Name:	Clio C. Branson
Mine Name:	Branson Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	April 1, 1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

4N 2E

8

Geology

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

Springfield

30

4.0-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Elzie Wrestler (add)	Wrestler (add)	1934-1935	230

Harris and Wrestler (add)	Harris and Wrestler (add)	1936-1937 Idle 1937	86

Clio C. Branson (add)	Branson (add)	1938-1939	239 The 1939 production was from pulling pillars.

Total Production: 555

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

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, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Mine Inspector's reports, courtesy of Joe Pelc, IDNR - Mine type, seam, thickness, mining method.