Mine Index 4147 Brantley Coal Company, Brantley Mine

Mine Index Number: 4147

Company Name:	Brantley Coal Company
Mine Name:	Brantley Mine
Start Date:	1945	End Date:	1959
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	29
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

34

NW NW NE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

34

NE NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

67-70

4.33

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows an area in the NW NE of section 34 that caved.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

A. O. Strobel Coal Company (add)	Strobel (add)	1945-1957 Idle 1955-1957	80,556

Brantley Coal Company (add)	Brantley (add)	1958-1959	6,759

Total Production: 87,315

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1507_01

3-22-1961

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

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

State archive map, IL_1507_01 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.