Mine Index Number: 2305
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Vernie A. Bowns
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| Mine Name:
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Bowns No. 4 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1913
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End Date:
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1947
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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4
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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All three pages of the mine notes indicate the location is in T10N, which is incorrect, as the mine’s address is Roodhouse (in T12N). The mine location is from the ISGS field notes. The air shaft is 88 ft from the slope entrance, but is not shown on map, due to problems with the source map.
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Greene
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12N 11W
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24
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NE NE SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Greene
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12N 11W
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24
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NE NE SW [1]
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Colchester
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8-60
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2.5
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
The northwestern extensions were halted due to a “large rock bedded in coal” and the roof shale.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 9,805
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS field notes (H. E. Culver)
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10-13-1922
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 351568 [3]
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Undated
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(no scale given)
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1:24000
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Undated
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Greene County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Greene County) - Mine type, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Greene County) - Drift location, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351568, reel 03136, frame 343 - Slope and air shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: 351568 03136 343 18x
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Microfilm
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| Map ID:
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351568 03136 343 18x
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| Company:
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James T. Adkins
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| Mine Name:
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Adkins
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Not Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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It is not possible to geo-register the mine map, as the map has no land surface features, scale, or angle to rotate the map.
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| More Info:
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M2305 351568 geo
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/greene/m2305 351568 geo.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The air shaft is 88 ft from the slope entrance, but is not shown on map, due to problems with the source map.
- ↑ Idle 1920 to 1924; mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year between 1930 and 1933 were not listed in the Coal Reports.
- ↑ It is not possible to geo-register the mine map, as the map has no land surface features, scale, or angle to rotate the map.
