Mine Index Number: 2786
| Company Name:
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P. Brunton Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Brunton Mine
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| Start Date:
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1881
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End Date:
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1883
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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16
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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3
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Neunaber shaft
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Madison
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5N 9W
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1
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NW SW SE
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| Brunton shaft
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Madison
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5N 9W
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1
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SE NW SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.M35 i5.1-26
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10-9-1934
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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| Federal Land Bank Report
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6-1934
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1:126720
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1:126720
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Madison County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.M35 i5.1-26 - Shaft location.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Madison County) - Shaft location, mine outline (general area of mining).
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| History of Madison County, Illinois, published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Mine ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ No production reported under this name; years of operation unknown. H. E. Culver also indicated a new mine in this vicinity in November of 1922 (ISGS field notes); the ownership of that mine is unknown.
- ↑ According to the History of Madison County, David Brunton was operating near Bethalto in 1882. P. Brunton may be a typographic error in the Coal Report.
