Mine Index Number: 0318
| Company Name:
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Tower Hill Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Tower Mine
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| Start Date:
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1903
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End Date:
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June 1918
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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180
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Shelby
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11N 2E
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23
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NE SW NW
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| Air shaft (8 x 12 ft)
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Shelby
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11N 2E
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23
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NE SW NW
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Geology
| Herrin
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798-804
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5.5-8.33
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
Clay veins extended as much as 3 feet from the top of the coal. The clay veins varied from 1 to 12 inches wide. Horizontal layers of pyrite were up to 1⁄2 inch thick. The source map shows numerous un- mined areas within the mine that are not labeled.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 989,234
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State Archive, IL_337
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2-1-1919
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Shelby County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Shelby County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, geologic problems.
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| State Archive, IL_337, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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