Mine Index 3822 Cassel Branch Coal Company, Cassel Branch No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3822

Company Name:	Cassel Branch Coal Company
Mine Name:	Cassel Branch No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3
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

16

NE SE NW

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

16

NE SE NW

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

16

SE NE NW

Geology

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

Danville

30

5.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map indicates the mine was abandoned due to flooding.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Cassel Branch Coal Company (add)	Cassel Branch (No. 1) (add)	1933-1935	13,182

Cassel Branch Coal Company (add)	Cassel Branch No. 2 (add)	1935-1937	14,593

Total Production: 27,775

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352958

5-18-1937

1:1200

1:2317

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352958, reel 03141, frame 101 - Slope and air shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.