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

Mine Index Number: 3533

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

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

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	St. Clair	1N 8W	28	NW NW SW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Shaft	St. Clair	1N 8W	28	NW NW SW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	54			6.0	RPB

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Jacob Krantz (add)	Krantz (add)	1890-1899	160,491

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Reeb Coal Company (add)	Branch (add)	1899-1902	64,696

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Lake Superior Coal Company (add)	Branch (add)	1902-1905	84,202

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
L. Senior (add)	Branch (add)	1905-1910	98,583

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
L. Senior (add)	Branch (add)	1910-1913	94,158

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Victoria Coal Company (add)	Branch, Victoria No. 1 (add)	1913-1924	981,658

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
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

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 351039	1910	1:1200	1:2317	Not final

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
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)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 351039, reel 03134, frame 127 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

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