Mine Index 2995 Docherty Brothers, Docherty Mine

Mine Index Number: 2995

Company Name:	Docherty Brothers
Mine Name:	Docherty Mine
Start Date:	1878	End Date:	1920
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	30	General Area of mining acres shown:
general area of mining has been added to the accompanying map to show the approximate area undermined.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Mercer

15N 2W

35

SE SW NW

Geology

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

Rock Island

30-160

4.0-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Robert Taylor (add)	Taylor (add)	1878-1889	19,309

Docherty and Barr (add)	Docherty and Barr (add)	1889-1891	3,472

Thomas Docherty and Sons (add)	Docherty (add)	1891-1898	17,440

Peter Docherty (add)	Docherty (add)	1898-1901	7,450

Docherty Brothers (add)	Docherty (add)	1901-1902	3,800

Peter Docherty (add)	Docherty (add)	1902-1903	4,100

Docherty Brothers ISGS field notes written by J. A. Udden indicate that the Dog Town Mine operated by Docherty Brothers (mine index 2995) on 7-24-1911 worked at the shaft location shown for Boden Mine (SW SE SW 26-T15N-R2W). It is likely that the 35-T15N-R2W location was not the site for all of the production from 1878 to 1920. (add)	Docherty (add)	1903-1920	65,850

Total Production: 121,421

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

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Mercer County) - Shaft location.