Mine Index Number: 0431
| Company Name:
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J. L. Lowery
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| Mine Name:
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Lowry Mine
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| Start Date:
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1917
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End Date:
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1920
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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289 The outline shown is a general area of mining that includes other mines. One of these mines operated about 1850, and ownership and production are unknown. Production for the Lowery Mine indicates approximately 2 acres were mined.
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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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Gallatin
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10S 9E
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27
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NE SE SE
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| J. L. Lowery Coal Section mine notes indicate this mine may have been known as Saline Coal Company. The 1950 mined out area map used for the outline of the general area mining also had some text indicating a Saline River Mine, circa 1850, operated in this area.
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Lowery
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1918-1920
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8,587
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mined-out area map, Area 32
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1950
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine location, seam.
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| ISGS mined-out area map, Area 32 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
