Mine Index 2654   T. K. Brooker,   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: 2654

Company Name: T. K. Brooker
Mine Name: Brooker Mine
Start Date: 1924 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
Mine La Salle 32N 2E 8 SE NE SE

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
River View Coal Company River View 1924-1925 800
Charles J. Brooker Brooker 1925-1937[1] 2,190
Idle 1938-1939 0
T. K. Brooker Brooker 1940-1943 134
Total Production: 3,124

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes Undated 1:62500 1:24000 [2] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Production was not reported from 1930 to 1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year.
  2. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.