Category:Marquette Heights-Quadrangle: Revision history

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    October 27, 2022

    • curprev 11:0911:09, October 27, 2022Alan.Myers talk contribs 2,112 bytes +2,112 Created page with "__NOTOC__ ==Mining in the Marquette Heights Quadrangle== Mining was taking place southeast of the town of Pekin before 1857, and the 1873 atlas shows 3 separate mine locations east and southeast of Pekin. Mining in the Marquette Heights Quadrangle ended in 1956 when Lakeside Mine (mine index 667) closed. In 20-T24N-R4W, a shaft was driven 85 feet down, but was abandoned because of problems dealing with the water seeping into the shaft. The Springfield Coal was..."