Mine Index 2355 Braceville Coal Company, Braceville No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2355

Company Name:	Braceville Coal Company
Mine Name:	Braceville No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1892	End Date:	1900
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	249 Production indicates approximately 310 acres were mined. The sketch in the mine notes may also be incomplete.
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

24

NE NW NW

Air shaft

Grundy

32N 8E

24

NE NW NW

Geology

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

Colchester

103-110

3.17-3.5

LW

Geological Problems Reported

Rolls were encountered in the east and southwest parts of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Company (add)	Braceville No. 4 (add)	1892-1894	156,679

Braceville Coal Company (add)	Braceville No. 4 (add)	1894-1895	213,386

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Company (add)	Braceville No. 4 (add)	1895-1896	340,598

Braceville Coal Company (add)	Braceville No. 4 (add)	1896-1900	1,087,990

Total Production: 1,798,653

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351481

6-6-1900

1:1200

1:2069

Final / Incomplete

Mine notes (sketched 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.

Microfilm map, document 351481, reel 03136, frames 229-230 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.