Mine Index 5955 Braidwood Coal Company, Braidwood Mine

Mine Index Number: 5955

Company Name:	Braidwood Coal Company
Mine Name:	Braidwood Mine
Start Date:	Before 1873	End Date:	Unknown
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. This area was later surface-mined by Wilmington No. 2 Mine (mine index 402) and is not shown on the accompanying map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Will

32N 9E

17

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Colchester

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Braidwood Coal Company (add)	Braidwood (add)	before 1873

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas of Will County

1873

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

Atlas Map of Will County, Illinois, compiled & published by Thompson Brothers & Burr, Elgin, Illinois, 1873 - Shaft location, ownership.