Mine Index 2588 Mitchell and Brown, Mitchell and Brown Mine

Mine Index Number: 2588

Company Name:	Mitchell and Brown
Mine Name:	Mitchell and Brown Mine
Start Date:	1922	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	9
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

La Salle

31N 3E

16

NE NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

47

3.67

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The northwest expansion was limited by a “sand bar” that was perhaps a contemporaneous channel to coal deposition or perhaps a later channel that eroded the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

L. W. Brewer (add)	Brewer (add)	1922-1924Idle 1924	100

Michael L. Brewer (add)	Brewer (add)	1924-1925	2,662

Mitchell and Beemer (add)	Mitchell and Beemer (add)	1925-1925	1,452

Mitchell and Brown (add)	Mitchell and Brown (add)	1926-1927	3,127

Mitchell and Beemer (add)	Mitchell and Bramer (add)	1928-1928	2,300

Mitchell and Brown (add)	Mitchell and Brown (add)	1929-1942	16,708

Total Production: 26,421

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352432

1-22-1940

1:2000

1:2000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine type.

Microfilm map, document 352432, reel 03139, frame 107, map of Moran Mine (mine index 2567) - Mine outline (western part), mining method.

Microfilm map, document 352429, reel 03139, frame 104 - Geologic problems.