Mine Index 5331 Thomas Lees, Lees Mine

Mine Index Number: 5331

Company Name:	Thomas Lees
Mine Name:	Lees Mine
Start Date:	1888	End Date:	1897
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 2	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Rock Island

17N 1W

25

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Rock Island

15-20

3.0-3.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Thomas Lees (add)	Lees (add)	1888-1895	3,468

Bardsley & Lees (add)	Bardsley & Lees (add)	1895-1896	200

Thomas Lees (add)	Lees (add)	1896-1897	200

Total Production: 3,868

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Plat Book of Rock Island County

1894

1:31680

1:23909

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Plat Book of Rock Island County, 1894, printed by F. Bourquin, 74p. - Drift location.