Mine Index 3990   Waldron and Brayfield,   Waldron and Brayfield Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Williamson unlocated
County: Williamson
Quadrangle: Herrin
County Coal Data: Williamson
Shown On Map: No
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3990

Company Name: Waldron and Brayfield
Mine Name: Waldron and Brayfield Mine
Start Date: 1903 End Date: 1917
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 8 General Area of mining acres shown:

Not Shown On Map. This area was later surface mined by mine index 4433, an unidentified surface mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main slope Williamson 9S 1E 2 NE NW SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 12 9 UG

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Thomas Parrett Parrett 1903-1906 [1] 749
J. S. McNeil McNeil 1906-1908 12,000
Tom Parritt Parritt 1908-1909 4,800
J. S. McNeil McNeil 1909-1914 40,800
Carlisle and McNeil Carlisle and McNeil 1914-1915 2,094
Waldron and Brayfield Waldron and Brayfield 1915-1916 3,619
W. J. John John 1916-1917 unreported
Total Production: 64,062

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Standard Atlas of Williamson County 1908 1:8665 1:8665 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Williamson County) - Seam, depth, thickness.
Standard Atlas of Williamson County, Illinois, published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1908 - Slope location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/thumbnails/m3990_th.jpgThese files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered. Map Type: Historical Atlas
Map ID: 1908 Atlas of Williamson County
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Mine Name:
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Map Date: 1908
Map Status: Secondary
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More Info: M3990.jpg
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Photographs

Notes

  1. Idle 1905-1906; reported abandoned in 1906 Coal Report