Mine Index Number: 5590
Company Name:
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Lathrop Coal and Mining Company
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Mine Name:
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Lathrop No. 5 and 6 Mine
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Start Date:
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1875
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End Date:
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1888
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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569
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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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Henry
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15N 5E
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27
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NW NE SW
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Shaft
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Henry
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15N 5E
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27
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SE NW NW
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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
Microfilm, document 351523
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undated
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1:2118
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1:4340
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Undated
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Company, 4103.H42 i5.1-17
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4-1876 [3]
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1:1920
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1:4340
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Henry County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness.
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Microfilm map, document 351523, reel 03136, frame 277 - Shaft locations, further extensions of the mine.
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Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.H42 i5.1-17 - Shaft locations, extent of early works of mine.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Federal Land Bank Report indicates this mine was opened prior to 1875; Henry County History indicated that Lathrop Coal Company was founded in 1869, so production from this mine prior to 1869 is unlikely, unless it was bought from another producer.
- ↑ Production prior to 1880 unknown
- ↑ Date filed