Mine Index 4341 Vestal and Ford, Brookside Mine

Mine Index Number: 4341

Company Name:	Vestal and Ford
Mine Name:	Brookside Mine
Start Date:	1932	End Date:	1935
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 2	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Edgar

15N 10W

20

SW SW NW

Geology

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

Danville

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Brookside Coal Company (add)	Brookside (add)	1932-1932	1,450

Ummel and Ford (add)	Brookside (add)	1933-1933	1,589

Brookside Coal Company (add)	Brookside (add)	1934-1934	283

Vestal and Ford (add)	Brookside (add)	1935-1935	75

Total Production: 3,397

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes (M. E. Hopkins)

7-1952

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Edgar County) - Mine type, slope location.