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Mine Index 6055   Owl Coal Company,   Owl Mine

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Accessible description: Mine Location Basic Data
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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET

Unlocated Mines In: Marshall unlocated
County: Marshall
Quadrangle: Chillicothe
County Coal Data: Marshall
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 6055

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
Company Name: Owl Coal Company
Mine Name: Owl Mine
Start Date: 1939 End Date: 1940
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: Less than 1
Production Indicated Acres: Less than 1 acre mined after the map date. General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Shaft Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main drift Marshall 1939 34 SW SW NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Seam Depth (ft) Thickness Min Thickness max Thickness Ave. Mining Method
Danville 3.5 RP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Owl Coal Company [1] Owl 1939-1939 229
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Owl Coal Company Owl 1939-1940 258 [2]
Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Total Production: 487

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 352308 10-3-1939 1:1200 1:1200 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Bibliography
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Bibliography
Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness.
Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 352308, reel 03138, frame 383 - Drift location, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The source map indicated the owner of the mine at this location was Roy Pierson, and was leased by L. E. Green and M. Davis.
  2. Production after map date