Mine Index Number: 4625
| Company Name:
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De Soto Coal and Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Pee Wee Mine
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| Start Date:
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1912
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End Date:
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1919
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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15 [1]
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| Acres after map date:
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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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Jackson
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8S 1W
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17
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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37
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ca. 1934
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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| ISGS field notes (E. T. Benson)
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1934
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(text only)
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1:24000 [4]
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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, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Jackson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Jackson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Jackson County) - Mine name, mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness
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| ISGS map library, 4103.J31 i5.1-37 sheet 1 - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
- ↑ The mine was later partially surface-mined by Admiral Mine (mine index 2492).
- ↑ Operated by Charles Hart
- ↑ Operated by Mr. McClearey, and later sold to the Grand Rapids Furniture Company, which closed the mine soon after because it was worked out.
- ↑ The shaft location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the shaft location description and digitized.
