Mine Index 7217 Edward Brost, Brost No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 7217

Company Name:	Edward Brost
Mine Name:	Brost No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1873	End Date:	1898
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	25	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Peoria

8N 7E

11

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

60-186

4.0-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Brost Brothers (add)	Brost (add)	pre1873-1889 Production and years of operation before 1879 are not known. The 1879 Coal Report indicated 20 acres were mined.	61,491

Edward Brost (add)	Brost No. 1 (add)	1889-1898	27,530

Total Production: 89,021

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas of Peoria County

1873

1:31680

1:31680

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 (Peoria County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Atlas of Peoria County, 1873 - Drift location.