Mine Index 2357 Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad, Old Bruce Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	Grundy unlocated
	County:	Grundy
	Quadrangle:	Gardner
	County Coal Data:	Grundy
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
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Mine Index Number: 2357


Company Name:	Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad
Mine Name:	Old Bruce Mine
Start Date:	Circa 1864	End Date:	Unknown
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	120 ^[1]
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

25

SE SW NW

Geology

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

Colchester

105

3.0-3.5

LW

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John Augustine (add)	Augustine (add)	circa 1864 ^[2]	Unknown ^[3]

Bruce Coal Company (add)	Old Bruce No. 1 (add)	circa 1874 ^[4]	Unknown ^[5]

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad ^[6] (add)	Old Bruce (add)	Unknown	Unknown ^[7]

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Mine notes

Undated

1:23571

Secondary source

Atlas of Grundy County

1874

1:6336

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Mine notes (Grundy County), Company map - Mine type, shaft location, mine outline, depth, thickness, mining method.

1874 Atlas of Grundy County - Shaft location.

Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Grundy County, 1914 - Mine ownership.

Grundy County Sesquicentennial - Mine ownership.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ The area shown includes the Cotton Mine (mine index 6671), which only operated a short time.
↑ Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.
↑ Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.
↑ Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.
↑ Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.
↑ Same as Braceville Coal Company
↑ Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.

[1] The area shown includes the Cotton Mine (mine index 6671), which only operated a short time.

[2] Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.

[3] Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.

[4] Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.

[5] Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.

[6] Same as Braceville Coal Company

[7] Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 and between July 1879 and June 1881 are unknown. This mine is shown on the 1874 Atlas, on land owned by Bruce Coal Mining and Manufacturing Company. The mine owners and opening year are known from History of Grundy County (1914). In Miners of the Prairie, a cooperative shaft was said to have been sunk in 1858 at the present site of Braceville, which may indicate this mine.

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