Mine Index Number: 5965
| Company Name:
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Braidwood Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Crombie Mine
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| Start Date:
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Circa 1873
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End Date:
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1879
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Will
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32N 9E
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5
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NW SW SE [1]
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Will County Atlas
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1873
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Will County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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| Atlas Map of Will County, Illinois, compiled & published by Thompson Brothers & Burr, Elgin, Illinois, 1873 - Shaft location.
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| The Braidwood Story - Mine identification (for Crombie and Buchanan mines).
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| Personal communication, Michele Micetich, 9-2007 - Location of Lower Braidwood School and James Steen house.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ A mine owned by the Buchanan Coal Company was said to be located near the Lower Braidwood School. The school was located on the northeast corner at the intersection of Center and Fifth Streets (SW SW SE 5-T32N R9E). This places the Buchanan mine at approximately the same location as this mine, and it may have worked the same reserves. Production and years of operation are unknown for the Buchanan Coal Company. Another Buchanan Coal Company mine was said to be located near the old James Steen house. The old James Steen house is believed to have been along School Street in Braidwood. Production and years of operation are unknown for this mine.
- ↑ Production before the publication of the Coal Reports in 1882 is unknown. James Braidwood, owner of Braidwood Coal Company, died February 1, 1879. The beginning date of operation is from the presence of the shaft in the 1873 atlas. The ending date of operation is deduced from biographical information, but other operators could have bought the mine and operated it after that date.
