Mine Index Number: 5707
| Company Name:
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William Howe and Company
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| Mine Name:
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Howe Mine
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| Start Date:
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1888
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End Date:
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1901
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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38
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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60Additional mining may have occurred to the south.
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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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26
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NW SE SE
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| Air shaft
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La Salle
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31N 3E
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26
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SE NE SE
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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: 446,320
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352441
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Undated
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1:1200
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1:1986
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Undated
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| Microfilm, document 352401
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3-23-1940
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1:480
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1:563
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Secondary source
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| ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-1
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3-23-1940
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1:480
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1:480
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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, document 352441, reel 03139, frame 117 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 352401, reel 03139, frame 53, map of West Side Mine (mine index 2612) - Mine outline {partial).
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| ISGS map library, 4103.L32 i5.1-1, map of West Side Mine (mine index 2612) - Mine outline (partial).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
