Mine Index 4631 C. A. Ray and S. T. Brush, Carbon Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 4631

Company Name:	C. A. Ray and S. T. Brush
Mine Name:	Carbon Hill Mine
Start Date:	Circa 1865	End Date:	1892
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None Production indicates approximately 4 acres were mined. An additional 4 acres were said to have been mined before production was recorded in the Coal Reports.
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 drift

Jackson

9S 1W

27

NW

Escape shaft The original mine opening was a shaft, but the new drift in 1884 became the mine portal while the hoist shaft was used as an escapeway.

Jackson

9S 1W

27

NW

Geology

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

Murphysboro

25-60

3.83-8.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Col. D. H. Brush (add)	Carbon Hill (add)	circa 1865-1879	Unknown Production and years of operation before 1879 are not known. The mine was operated by Col. D. H. Brush at the time the 1878 History of Jackson County was written, but the opening year was not clear from the text.

Samuel T. Brush (add)	Carbon Hill (add)	1879-1889 Production and years of operation before 1879 are not known. By the time the 1880 Coal Report statistics were gathered, the mine was operated by Samuel T. Brush, the former mine manager. The 1880 Coal Report indicated 4 acres had been mined. Production between 1881 and 1883 was not reported.	16,391 Production and years of operation before 1879 are not known. By the time the 1880 Coal Report statistics were gathered, the mine was operated by Samuel T. Brush, the former mine manager. The 1880 Coal Report indicated 4 acres had been mined. Production between 1881 and 1883 was not reported.

C. A. Ray (add)	Carbon Hill (add)	1889-1891	2,439

C. A. Ray and S. T. Brush (add)	Carbon Hill (add)	1891-1892	217

Total Production: 19,047

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

History of Jackson County

1878

(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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

History of Jackson County, Illinois, 1878, published by Brink and McDonough, Philadelphia - Mine location.