Mine Index 3492 White and Son, Branch No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3492

Company Name:	White and Son
Mine Name:	Branch No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1898	End Date:	1912
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	68
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

22

SW NW NW The main shaft is labeled "Braun's No. 3". The 1874 Atlas labeled a shaft in this location "Brauch & Hessebaum".

Geology

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

Herrin

85-90

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Charles Hortman (add)	Hortman (add)	1898-1905	240,827 The source map shows a shaft labeled "Braun's No. 3". No production was reported under the name "Braun". The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location, indicating that mining was taking place here in the early 1870s. The additional production is believed to have taken place to the south (see mine index 3596).

White and Nesbit (add)	Hortman (add)	1905-1908	88,786

White and Son (add)	Hortman, Branch No. 2 (add)	1908-1912	94,139

Total Production: 423,752

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351141

8-12-1920

1:1200

1:2317

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351141, reel 03134, frames 279-280 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.