Mine Index Number: 4147
Company Name:
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Brantley Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Brantley Mine
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Start Date:
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1945
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End Date:
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1959
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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29
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Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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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Main slope
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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34
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NW NW NE
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Air shaft
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Williamson
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9S 4E
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34
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NE NW NE
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Geology
Springfield
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67-70
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4.33
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map shows an area in the NW NE of section 34 that caved.
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
State archive, IL_1507_01
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3-22-1961
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, depth.
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State archive map, IL_1507_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes