Mine Index 6432 James O’Brien, O’Brien Mine

Mine Index Number: 6432

Company Name:	James O’Brien
Mine Name:	O’Brien Mine
Start Date:	1925	End Date:	1928
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Greene

11N 10W

27

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Houchin Creek

75

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dubincek & O’Brien (add)	Dubincek & O’Brien (add)	1925-1925	994

O’Brien & Moore (add)	O’Brien & Moore (add)	1926-1926	4,100

Greenfield Coal Company (add)	Greenfield (add)	1927-1927	4,221

James O’Brien (add)	O’Brien (add)	1928-1928	2,652

Total Production: 11,967

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

1941

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Coal Section files (Greenfield Quadrangle)

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Greene County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth.

Coal Section files, undated work map on USGS topographic map, Greenfield (15') Quadrangle - Shaft location.