Mine Index 2652   Brooker Brothers,   Brooker Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: La Salle unlocated
County: La Salle
Quadrangle: La Salle
County Coal Data: La Salle
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2652

Company Name: Brooker Brothers
Mine Name: Brooker Mine
Start Date: 1903 End Date: 1917
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 5 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main drift La Salle 32N 2E 8 NW SE SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Colchester 40-60 2.55-3.0 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Brooker Brothers Brooker 1903-1904 340
Fred Brooker Brooker 1904-1906 1,395
Brooker Brothers Brooker 1906-1914 10,274
Smith Brothers Smith 1914-1916 976
Brooker Brothers Brooker 1916-1917 145
Total Production: 13,130

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes Undated (text only) 1:24000[1] 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 (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (La Salle County) - Drift location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location digitized.