Mine Index 2653 William Brooker, Brooker No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2653

Company Name:	William Brooker
Mine Name:	Brooker No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	1	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

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Colchester

85

3.33

Underground (probably RP)

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Brooker (add)	Brooker No. 2 (add)	1936-1937	168

Brooker Brothers (add)	Brooker No. 2 (add)	1937-1939	1,363

William Brooker (add)	Brooker No. 2 (add)	1940-1943	1,481

Total Production: 3,012

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)

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

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.