Mine Index 6979 Harpe and Wilson, Harpe and Wilson Mine

Mine Index Number: 6979

Company Name:	Harpe and Wilson
Mine Name:	Harpe and Wilson Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1921
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

McDonough

5N 4W

2

SE NE NW

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Colchester

35-60

2.0-2.5

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Andrew Nelson (add)	Nelson (add)	1902-1903	360

J. W. Harpe (add)	Harpe (add)	1903-1904	186

Nelson and Harpe (add)	Nelson and Harpe (add)	1904-1905	172

Harpe and Swanson (add)	Harpe and Swanson (add)	1905-1906	375

Joseph W. Harpe (add)	Harpe (add)	1906-1907	437

Harpe and Kilgore (add)	Harpe and Kilgore (add)	1907-1910	1,269

Harpe and Fenten (add)	Harpe and Fenten (add)	1910-1917	3,082

J. W. Harpe (add)	Harpe (add)	1917-1918	352

Harpe and Wilson (add)	Harpe and Wilson (add)	1918-1921	386

Total Production: 6,619

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS Bulletin 30

1917

1:48000

1:48000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (McDonough County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

ISGS Bulletin 30, Colchester-Macomb Quadrangles - Drift location, ownership.