Mine Index 3671 Brazil Block Coal Company, Brazil Block No. 44 or Westville No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3671

Company Name:	Brazil Block Coal Company
Mine Name:	Brazil Block No. 44 or Westville No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1909	End Date:	1910
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	25; a general area of mining has been added to the accompanying map to show the approximate size of the mine.	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Vermilion

18N 12W

23

NW SE NE

Geology

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

Danville

6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Brazil Block Coal Company (add)	Brazil Block No. 44, Westville No. 3 (add)	1909-1910	125,527

Total Production: 125,527

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine location.