Mine Index 2731 Barackman Coal Company, Barackman Mine

Mine Index Number: 2731

Company Name:	Barackman Coal Company
Mine Name:	Barackman Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1881	End Date:	1897
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	90	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Livingston

30N 3E

2

NE SW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

52-70

4.0-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

J. Barkman (add)	Barkman (add)	pre1881-1882 The 1883 Coal Report indicated 3 to acres had been mined. Ownership and dates of operation prior to July 1881 are unknown.	4,000

Thomas Williams (add)	Williams (add)	1882-1883	2,160

John Williams (add)	Williams (add)	1883-1884	1,500

M. J. Barackman (add)	Barackman (add)	1884-1890	64,949

Barackman and Son (add)	Barackman (add)	1890-1895	217,509

Barackman Coal Company (add)	Barackman (add)	1895-1897	74,281

Total Production: 364,399

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

Undated

1:24000 The 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, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Livingston County) - Shaft location, seam.