Mine Index 3900 Briar Hill Coal Company, Briar Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 3900

Company Name:	Briar Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Briar Hill Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1940
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	10
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

2S 13W

21

NE SW NW

Air shaft

Wabash

2S 13W

21

NE SW NW

Geology

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

Friendsville

60

3.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Briar Hill Coal Company (add)	Briar Hill (add)	1933-1936	20,680

W. V. Brown (add)	Briar Hill (add)	1937-1938	8,086

Briar Hill Coal Company (add)	Briar Hill (add)	1939-1939	2,004

Briar Hill Coal Company (add)	Briar Hill (add)	1939-1939	2,730 Production after map date

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353026

5-1939

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 353026, reel 03141, frame 195 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

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