Mine Index 4163 Bowlesville Coal Company, Bowlesville Mine

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	Unlocated Mines In:	Gallatin unlocated
	County:	Gallatin
	Quadrangle:	Shawneetown
	County Coal Data:	Gallatin
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4163


Company Name:	Bowlesville Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bowlesville Mine
Start Date:	Pre 1879	End Date:	1892
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:	41 ^[1]

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (8'x36') ^[2]

Gallatin

10S 9E

9

NE NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

60

3.0

UG

Springfield

181

5.0

UG

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bowlesville Mining Company ^[3] (add)	Bowlesville (add)	pre 1879-1883	30,000 ^[4]

Bowlesville Coal Company (add)	Bowlesville (add)	1887-1892	27,372


Total Production: 57,372

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Microfilm, document 326827

3-12-1975

1:1200

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine location.

Coal Mining and Processing magazine, September 1969, pages 44-46 - Mine type, shaft size, seam.

History and Families of Gallatin County, Illinois, page 9 - Ownership.

Microfilm map, document 326827, reel 03074, frames 359-362, map of Eagle Underground Mine (mine index 884) - Shaft location, general area of mining.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

↑ Production indicates only a total of 17 acres were mined. Because mining occurred in two seams, the actual aerial extent of mining is unknown.
↑ The shaft was compartmentalized and contained the hoist shaft, air shaft, and piping for a pump.
↑ This mine may have also operated as the Western Mining Company. This company was begun by Joseph Bowles, in what was to become Bowlesville, along with Thomas Logsdon and Dr. Tolbert. Because of its proximity, this mine competed with Kentucky mines until the Civil War, when it began to make a profit. With the closing of the Union Naval yards, demand decreased, and the mine eventually closed.
↑ Production before July 1882 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 15 acres had been mined.

[1] Production indicates only a total of 17 acres were mined. Because mining occurred in two seams, the actual aerial extent of mining is unknown.

[2] The shaft was compartmentalized and contained the hoist shaft, air shaft, and piping for a pump.

[3] This mine may have also operated as the Western Mining Company. This company was begun by Joseph Bowles, in what was to become Bowlesville, along with Thomas Logsdon and Dr. Tolbert. Because of its proximity, this mine competed with Kentucky mines until the Civil War, when it began to make a profit. With the closing of the Union Naval yards, demand decreased, and the mine eventually closed.

[4] Production before July 1882 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 15 acres had been mined.

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