Mine Index Number: 2839
| Company Name:
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M. and M. Watts Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Watts Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Unknown
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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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No production reported under this name; years of operation unknown. William Watts was actively mining when the History of Madison County was written, probably 1880-1881.
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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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Madison
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6N 10W
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35
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NE NE NW
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Geology
| Colchester
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18
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3.0
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6.0
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3.0
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mine notes
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undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 [1]
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Madison County) - Mine index, ownership.
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| Mine notes (Madison County) - Shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| History of Madison County, Illinois; published by W. R. Brink & Co., Edwardsville, Illinois, 1882 - Years of operation.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
