Mine Index Number: 6180
| Company Name:
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Dixon and Morrill
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| Mine Name:
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Watson Mine
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| Start Date:
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1888
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End Date:
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1894
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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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2
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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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| Shaft
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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34
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SW SW NW The landowner was A. F. Watson. Since the two shafts were so close to one another (only about 150 feet apart), they were given the same mine index number. There is another mine on this property, which was assigned to the Watson Mine (mine index 5436).
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| Shaft
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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34
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SW SW NW The landowner was A. F. Watson. Since the two shafts were so close to one another (only about 150 feet apart), they were given the same mine index number. There is another mine on this property, which was assigned to the Watson Mine (mine index 5436).
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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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| Alex Watson
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Watson
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1888-1890 The 1874 Atlas of Grundy County shows two shafts at this location, indicating that mining was taking place in the early 1870s.
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750
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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, mining method.
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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
Photographs
