Mine Index 7389 Bohlander Brothers, Bohlander Mine

Mine Index Number: 7389

Company Name:	Bohlander Brothers
Mine Name:	Bohlander Mine
Start Date:	1873	End Date:	1907
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	40	General Area of mining acres shown:	A general area of mining is shown on the accompanying map to indicate the approximate size, but although old works were labeled on the source map for the Ubben No. 1 Mine (mine index 3630), other mines may have operated in the vicinity (see the unlocated mines at the back of this report).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Tazewell

24N 5W

1

SW NW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

120-135

4.0-5.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

William Rundle (add)	Rundle (add)	1873-1879The shaft location was shown on the 1873 plat map. Years of operation before 1873 are not known, and production is not known before June 1878. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 6 acres were mined.	4,696The shaft location was shown on the 1873 plat map. Years of operation before 1873 are not known, and production is not known before June 1878. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 6 acres were mined.

Rundle and Gould (add)	Victor (add)	1881-1885	22,392

William Rundle (add)	Rundle (add)	1885-1890	28,392

Bohlander Brothers (add)	Bohlander (add)	1890-1907	86,372

Total Production: 141,852

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Atlas Map of Tazewell County

1873

1:9457

1:9457

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352854

1-7-1936

1:2400

1:4634

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.

Andreas, A. T., 1873, Atlas Map of Tazewell County, Illinois: Davenport, Iowa, Andreas, Lyter & Co., 165p. - Shaft location.

Microfilm map, document 352854, reel 03140, frame 471, map of Ubben No. 1 Mine (mine index 3630) - General area of mining.