Mine Index 2614 William Howe, Howe Mine

Mine Index Number: 2614

Company Name:	William Howe
Mine Name:	Howe Mine
Start Date:	1881	End Date:	1888
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	5	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

La Salle

31N 3E

26

SW SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

40-50

5.0-5.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Howe and Heatherington (add)	Howe and Heatherington (add)	1881-1882	unknownOne of nine mines producing a total of 5,000 tons

William Howe (add)	Howe (add)	1882-1888	22,730

Total Production: 22,730

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23

Undated

1:12069

1:12069

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (La Salle County) - Shaft location.

ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-23, map of Streator Coal Field - Shaft location.