Mine Index 7258 Becker Brothers, Becker Mine

Mine Index Number: 7258

Company Name:	Becker Brothers
Mine Name:	Becker Mine
Start Date:	1885	End Date:	1898
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

Tazewell

25N 4W

5

NW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

40-60

4.17-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

M. Duffy (add)	Duffy (add)	1885-1886	500

Henry Doring (add)	Doring (add)	1886-1889	2,105

George Wieland (add)	Wieland (add)	1889-1892	6,677

Morritz Brothers (add)	Morritz (add)	1892-1893	1,740

Becker Brothers (add)	Becker (add)	1893-1898	17,923

Total Production: 28,945

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Plat Book of Tazewell County

1891

1:45257

1:45257

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

Ogle, G. A. & Co., 1891, Plat Book of Tazewell County, Illinois, Chicago: Occidental Publishing Company, 101p. - Shaft location.