Mine Index 2545 G. W. Bowman, Bowman Mine

Mine Index Number: 2545

Company Name:	G. W. Bowman
Mine Name:	Bowman Mine
Start Date:	1884	End Date:	1906
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Acres after map date:	7	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. The Bowman Mine is not shown on the accompanying map because of later surface mining by Middle Grove Mine (mine index 621).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Knox

9N 4E

26

NW NE NW

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

22-50

4.0-4.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

George Bowman (add)	Bowman (add)	1884-1892 Idle 1889, 1891 and 1892	4,144

Bowman Brothers (add)	Bowman (add)	1892-1905	20,189

G. W. Bowman (add)	Bowman (add)	1905-1906	936

Total Production: 25,269

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

8-1935

1:110191

1:110191

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Knox County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Federal Land Bank Report (Knox County) - Shaft location, mine outline.