Mine Index Number: 2422
| Company Name:
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Kewanee Cooperative Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Kewanee Cooperative No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1899
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End Date:
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1917
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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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40 to 58
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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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Henry
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15N 5E
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27
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600 FSL, 180 FEL SW
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| Escape shaft
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Henry
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15N 5E
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27
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SE 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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| Total Production: 145,009
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351506
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5-28-1914
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1:1200
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1:24000
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Incomplete The mine notes indicate that much of the SE SW of section 27 was worked out by this mine. However, the mine map for Lathrop No. 6 indicates that quarter-quarter section was worked out prior to 1888 (see mine index 5590).
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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 (Henry 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 (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351506, reel 03136, frame 259 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
