Mine Index 6320 Barrowman Coal Company, Barrowman Mine

Mine Index Number: 6320

Company Name:	Barrowman Coal Company
Mine Name:	Barrowman Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	1920
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4 The area shown includes some of the workings for Noah Hodgett (mine index 7813) that was connected underground to the Barrowman Mine.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Barrowman Mine was later partially surface mined by Midland Mine (mine index 681).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Bureau

16N 6E

20

NE SE SE

Air shaft

Bureau

16N 6E

20

NE SE SE Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining by Midland Mine (mine index 681).

Shaft ("old, abandoned")

Bureau

16N 6E

20

NE SE SE Not shown on accompanying map due to later surface mining by Midland Mine (mine index 681).

Geology

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

Herrin

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map labeled a horseback that stopped mining just northwest of the slope entrance.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Andrew Barrowman (add)	Barrowman (add)	1918-1920	3,137

Total Production: 3,137

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351373

12-29-1919

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Bureau County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.

Microfilm map, document 351373, reel 03135, frame 411 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.