Mine Index 3533 Victoria Coal Company, Branch Mine (aka Victoria No. 1)

Mine Index Number: 3533

Company Name:	Victoria Coal Company
Mine Name:	Branch Mine (aka Victoria No. 1)
Start Date:	1890	End Date:	May 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	207
Production Indicated Acres:	50 additional acres that are not accounted for by the acres added by the adjacent mine.	General Area of mining acres shown:
Connected underground to White Rose Mine (mine index 0783) in SE 29-T1N-R8W and NE 32-T1N-R8W.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

28

NW NW SW

Shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

28

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

54

6.0

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Jacob Krantz (add)	Krantz (add)	1890-1899	160,491

Reeb Coal Company (add)	Branch (add)	1899-1902	64,696

Lake Superior Coal Company (add)	Branch (add)	1902-1905	84,202

L. Senior (add)	Branch (add)	1905-1910	98,583

L. Senior (add)	Branch (add)	1910-1913	94,158

Victoria Coal Company (add)	Branch, Victoria No. 1 (add)	1913-1924	981,658

Total Production: 1,483,788

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351039

1910

1:1200

1:2317

Not final

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-22

12-14-1942

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

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 351039, reel 03134, frame 127 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-22, map of White Rose Mine (mine index 0783) - Mine outline (western, southern).