Mine Index 4417 Cicero Barber and Brother, Barber Mine

Mine Index Number: 4417

Company Name:	Cicero Barber and Brother
Mine Name:	Barber Mine
Start Date:	1870	End Date:	1898
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Noneproduction indicates approximately 44 acres were mined after 1881. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 14 acres were mined before 1881.
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 shaft

Perry

4S 1W

32

SE NW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

200-210

5.0-6.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

D. C. Barber and Sons (add)	Barber (add)	1870-1888Production and years of operation before 1881 are uncertain. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 14 acres were mined.	87,550Production and years of operation before 1881 are uncertain. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 14 acres were mined.

Barbour Brothers (add)	Barbour (add)	1888-1890	26,100

Barbour and Sons (add)	Barbour (add)	1890-1891	14,650

Barbour Brothers (add)	Barbour (add)	1891-1892	14,200

D. C. Barber and Son (add)	Barber (add)	1892-1895	33,000

Cicero Barber and Brother (add)	Barber (add)	1895-1898	27,335

Total Production: 202,835

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

WPA, T4S-R1W

circa 1934

1:53923

1:53923

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

10-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

WPA map, T4S-R1W - Shaft location.

Federal Land Bank Report - General area of mining.