Mine Index 3796 Brady Branch Coal Company, Brady Branch Mine

Mine Index Number: 3796

Company Name:	Brady Branch Coal Company
Mine Name:	Brady Branch Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	March 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	178
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

13

SE NE SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

13

NE NW SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

13

NW NE SW

Old shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

13

SE SW SE

Geology

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

Danville

50

6.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

A sinkhole was shown on the source map in the SW SE 13-T19N-R12W.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Brady Branch Coal Company (add)	Brady Branch (add)	1917-1924	910,240
Total Production: 910,240

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company map

3-18-1924

1:1200

1:2136

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, thickness.

Company map, microfilm from Vermilion County Recorder’s Office - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.