Mine Index Number: 2297
| Company Name:
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Boswell Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Boswell Mine
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| Start Date:
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1865
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End Date:
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1865
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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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 slope
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Gallatin
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10S 9E
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26
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NW SE SW
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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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| Boswell Coal Company
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Boswell
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1865-1865
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Unknown Production before 1882 is unknown.
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| Total Production: Unknown Production before 1882 is unknown.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine location, seam.
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| Worthen, A. H et al., 1875, Geology and Paleontology of Illinois - Mine type, mine ownership, years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
