Mine Index Number: 5677
| Company Name:
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Howe Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Howe Mine
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| Start Date:
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1904
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End Date:
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1908
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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26
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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10Additional mining may have occurred in the northern and southwestern parts of the mine.
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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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La Salle
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31N 3E
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36
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NW NE NW
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| Air shaft
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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36
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NW NE 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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| Total Production: 165,486
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, mines07c.tif
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3-30-1908
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1:720
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1:840
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Not final
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| Microfilm, mines06f.tif
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2-1914
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1:720
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1:756
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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, mine type, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07c.tif - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines06f.tif - Mine outline (southern part).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
