Mine Index Number: 3990
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Waldron and Brayfield
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| Mine Name:
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Waldron and Brayfield Mine
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| Start Date:
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1903
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End Date:
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1917
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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8
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Not Shown On Map. This area was later surface mined by mine index 4433, an unidentified surface mine.
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Williamson
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9S 1E
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2
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NE NW SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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12
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9
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UG
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| W. J. John
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John
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1916-1917
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unreported
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 64,062
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Standard Atlas of Williamson County
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1908
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1:8665
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1:8665
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Williamson County) - Seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Standard Atlas of Williamson County, Illinois, published by Geo. A. Ogle & Co., Chicago, 1908 - Slope location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: 1908 Atlas of Williamson County
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Historical Atlas
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| Map ID:
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1908 Atlas of Williamson County
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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1908
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3990.jpg
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/williamson/m3988-m3990.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1905-1906; reported abandoned in 1906 Coal Report
