Mine Index Number: 4787
| Company Name:
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Pearl Lewis
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| Mine Name:
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Lewis 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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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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Shelby
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10N 4E
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30
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NW SW SE
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Geology
| Shelbyville
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33
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Underground
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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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| Pearl Lewis
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Lewis
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Unknown The mine was abandoned when seen in 1938. The shaft may have operated between 1930 and 1933, when mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported.
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Unknown The mine was abandoned when seen in 1938. The shaft may have operated between 1930 and 1933, when mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not reported.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (W. A. Newton)
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circa 1938
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Shelby County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation, seam.
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| ISGS field notes (Shelby County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, mine ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
