Mine Index 4145 Towery Brothers, Towery Mine

Mine Index Number: 4145

Company Name:	Towery Brothers
Mine Name:	Towery Mine
Start Date:	1935	End Date:	1938
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine connected underground to Helm Mine No. 3 (mine index 4149).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

35

SE SW SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

35

SE SW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

20

4.33

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Prosperity Coal Company (add)	Prosperity (add)	1935-1936	1,742

Prosperity Coal Company (add)	Prosperity (add)	1936-1937	740 Production after map date

Towery Brothers (add)	Towery (add)	1937-1938	1,485 Production after map date

Total Production: 3,967

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-37

7-1-1936

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 (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-37 - Slope and shaft location, mine outline, mining method.