Mine Index Number: 5436
| Company Name:
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A. Watson
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| Mine Name:
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Watson Mine
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| Start Date:
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1878
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End Date:
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1883
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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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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
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Not Shown On Map. Not shown on the accompanying map because the location is not known.
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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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Grundy
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34N 7E
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34
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SE SW NW The landowner was A. F. Watson. Two other shafts on this property were assigned to the Watson Mine (mine index 6180).
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Geology
| Colchester
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41-50
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|
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2.5-3.0
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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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| A. Watson
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Watson
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1878-1883
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1,160 Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 are unknown. The 1874 Atlas of Grundy County shows a shaft at this location, indicating that mining was taking place in the early 1870s.
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| Total Production: 1,160 Production and years of operation prior to July 1878 are unknown. The 1874 Atlas of Grundy County shows a shaft at this location, indicating that mining was taking place in the early 1870s.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Atlas of Grundy County
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1874
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1:31680
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1:31680
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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, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Atlas of Grundy County, 1874 - Shaft location, land ownership.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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