Mine Index 2351 Braceville Coal Company, Braceville No. 5 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2351

Company Name:	Braceville Coal Company
Mine Name:	Braceville No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	1907
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	222
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

Grundy

32N 8E

13

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Colchester

101-103

3.0-3.17

LW

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Braceville Coal Company (add)	Braceville No. 5 (add)	1900-1907	1,051,419
Total Production: 1,051,419

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes (sketch map)

Undated

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location, mine outline.