Mine Index Number: 4203
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Brown Brothers Excavating Company
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| Mine Name:
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Brown Brothers Mine
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| Start Date:
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October 1970
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End Date:
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April 1971
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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9[1]
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Tipple / pit
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Saline
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10S 6E
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6
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NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Davis
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Surface
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| SGS Coal Section files
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Undated
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unknown
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1:7774
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ This company re-mined a previously surface-mined area, apparently deepening pits that had mined the Springfield Coal.
- ↑ Opened October, 1970, closed April, 1971, but no production was reported. The field notes report that the company re-mined an area that was previously surface-mined.
