Mine Index 4589 Briar Hill Coal Company, Briar Hill Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	St. Clair unlocated
	County:	St. Clair
	Quadrangle:	French Village
	County Coal Data:	St. Clair
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4589

Connected underground to Edgemont Mine (mine index 3613) in several places.
Company Name:	Briar Hill Coal Company
Mine Name:	Briar Hill Mine
Start Date:	Before 1874	End Date:	Unknown
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	9
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

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

SW SE SW

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 9W

35

SW SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

RPB

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Union Coal Company (add)	Union No. 2 (add)		none ^[1]

Briar Hill Coal Company (add)	Briar Hill (add)		none ^[2]

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

State archive, IL_393_03

2-7-1942

1:1200

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

State archive, IL_393_03, map of Edgemont Mine (mine index 3613) - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Atlas: T2N-R9W
Map Date: 1874
Full Res Download

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_393_03
	Company:	Edgemont Coal Company
	Mine Name:	Edgemont
	Caption:
	Map Date:	2-7-1942
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M3613 IL 393 03
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/st clair/m3613 IL 393 03.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ No production reported under these names; production was probably reported under mine index 4332, Union No. 1. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location, indicating that mining took place in the early 1870s; production before 1882 is unknown.
↑ No production reported under these names; production was probably reported under mine index 4332, Union No. 1. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location, indicating that mining took place in the early 1870s; production before 1882 is unknown.

[1] No production reported under these names; production was probably reported under mine index 4332, Union No. 1. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location, indicating that mining took place in the early 1870s; production before 1882 is unknown.

[2] No production reported under these names; production was probably reported under mine index 4332, Union No. 1. The 1874 Atlas of St. Clair County shows a shaft at this location, indicating that mining took place in the early 1870s; production before 1882 is unknown.

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