Mine Index 3896 W. V. Brown, Seitz Mine

Mine Index Number: 3896

Company Name:	W. V. Brown
Mine Name:	Seitz Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Wabash

1S 13W

23

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Friendsville

35-53

3.67

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Briar Hill Coal Company (add)	Briar Hill No. 2 (add)	1936-1936	260

W. V. Brown (add)	Seitz (add)	1937-1937	520

Total Production: 780

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4107 d5-77

10-1942

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, seam.

ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine location, depth, thickness.

ISGS map library, 4107 d5-77, field map of J. M. Schopf - Shaft location.