Mine Index Number: 4163
| Company Name:
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Bowlesville Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Bowlesville Mine
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| Start Date:
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Pre 1879
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End Date:
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1892
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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41 Production indicates only a total of 17 acres were mined. Because mining occurred in two seams, the actual aerial extent of mining is unknown.
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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 (8'x36') The shaft was compartmentalized and contained the hoist shaft, air shaft, and piping for a pump.
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Gallatin
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10S 9E
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9
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NE NE NE
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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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| Bowlesville Mining Company This mine may have also operated as the Western Mining Company. This company was begun by Joseph Bowles, in what was to become Bowlesville, along with Thomas Logsdon and Dr. Tolbert. Because of its proximity, this mine competed with Kentucky mines until the Civil War, when it began to make a profit. With the closing of the Union Naval yards, demand decreased, and the mine eventually closed.
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Bowlesville
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pre 1879-1883
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30,000 Production before July 1882 is unknown. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 15 acres had been mined.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 326827
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3-12-1975
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1:1200
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1:1200
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine location.
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| Coal Mining and Processing magazine, September 1969, pages 44-46 - Mine type, shaft size, seam.
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| History and Families of Gallatin County, Illinois, page 9 - Ownership.
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| Microfilm map, document 326827, reel 03074, frames 359-362, map of Eagle Underground Mine (mine index 884) - Shaft location, general area of mining.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
