Mine Index 6837 Bradburry and Company, Bradburry Mine

Mine Index Number: 6837

Company Name:	Bradburry and Company
Mine Name:	Bradburry Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	1888
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	7	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

McDonough

7N 1W

1

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Colchester

52

1.67-2.0

RP

Geological Problems Reported

The shale above the coal was approximately 9 feet thick and was manufactured into bricks. The coal produced was used almost entirely to manufacture the brick.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Robert Davis (add)	Davis (add)	1882-1883	7,200

Prairie City Coal and Tile Company (add)	Prairie City (add)	1883-1885	1,825

Bradbury and Company (add)	Bradbury (add)	1885-1888	2,760

Total Production: 11,785

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS field notes (T. E. Savage)

1906

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

ISGS field notes (McDonough County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.