Mine Index Number: 3743
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Brookside Coal Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Brookside No. 4 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1892
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End Date:
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1898
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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16
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope [1]
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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33
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NE NE SW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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60-90
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6.5-7.0
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 76,002
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-92
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8-1913
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1:7956
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1:7956
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-107
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Undated
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1:3636
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1:3636
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-92, map of Danville Belt Coal Company - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-107, map of Danville Belt Coal Company - Mine outline, slope location.
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| Bibliography
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| Standard Atlas of Vermilion County, Illinois, published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1895 - Ownership, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: 4103 v4 i5 1-92
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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ISGS map library
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| Map ID:
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4103 v4 i5 1-92
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| Company:
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Danville Belt Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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08-1913
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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4103 v4 i5 1-92.jpg
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/vermilion/4103 v4 i5 1-92.zip
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Mine Map: 4103 v4 i5 1-107
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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ISGS map library
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| Map ID:
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4103 v4 i5 1-107
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-107, is a composite map of 16 pieces combined into one map of Danville Belt Coal Company
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| More Info:
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4103 v4 i5 1-107.jpg
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/vermilion/4103 v4 i5 1-107.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The slope is double entry and may have operated as airway and haulage way; no air shaft was found. The map is secondary, however, and an air shaft may exist in another part of the mine.
