Mine Index 3596 Bruggeman and Hortman Coal Company, Braun's Mine

Mine Index Number: 3596

Company Name:	Bruggeman and Hortman Coal Company
Mine Name:	Braun's Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1874	End Date:	1895
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	137
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Numerous mines operated in this vicinity. No source maps are available for the individual mines; a general area of mining designates the area.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

22

NE SW NW

Bruggeman and Hortman shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

22

SW SW NW The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County indicated this shaft was Brauch & Hessebaum.

Hortman shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

22

SE NW NW

C. Reinecke shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

22

NW SW NE

C. Reinecke air shaft

St. Clair

1N 8W

22

NW SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

80-130

6.0-6.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Conrad Reinecke (add)	Reinecke No. 1 (add)	pre1874-1886	192,665 Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 30 acres were mined.

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Reinecke No. 1 (add)	1886-1896	117,012

Hortsman and Brother (add)	Hortsman (add)	pre1882-1882	7,000 Production prior to 1882 is not known. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 12 acres were mined. The March 1884 Sanborn- Perris Insurance map shows both Bruggeman & Hortman shafts in this area, as well as C. Reinecke.

Bruggeman (add)	Bruggeman (add)	1882-1883	8,900

Bruggeman and Bloom (add)	Bruggeman and Bloom (add)	1883-1884	7,529

F. J. Bruggeman (add)	Bruggeman (add)	1884-1885	7,141

Bruggeman (add)	Bruggeman No. 1 and No. 2 (add)	1885-1886	6,627

Bruggeman and Hortman (add)	B. and H. No. 1 and No. 2 (add)	1886-1887	28,000

Bruggeman and Hortman (add)	Bruggeman and Hortman No. 1 (add)	1887-1889	8,870

Bruggeman and Hortman (add)	Bruggeman and Hortman No. 2 (add)	1887-1889	37,000

Bruggeman and Hortman (add)	Bruggeman and Hortman No. 3 (add)	1888-1889	2,000

F. J. Bruggeman (add)	Bruggeman (add)	1889-1894	42,233

Charles Hartman (add)	Hartman No. 1 (add)	1889-1895	156,050

Total Production: 621,027

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351022

10-10-1891

1:12000

1:24828

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, (WPA), document 351022, reel 03134, frame 100, WPA map of T1N-R8W - Shaft locations, mine outline.

Atlas of St. Clair County, Illinois, 1874, Warner & Beers, Chicago, Illinois - Shaft locations.