Steve,
I assume that those production numbers are for 1905 output and not
the total production during the life of the mine? Even if they are an
annual output, the numbers are amazing when you consider what a
single unit coal train handles today.
Bill Barber
On Oct 17, 2007, at 7:42 AM, CBQ@yahoogroups.com wrote:
> Re: Illinois Coal Mines
>
> Posted by: "STEVEN HOLDING" sholding@sbcglobal.net copivd
>
> Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:31 pm (PST)
>
> Per the 1905 Illinois Coal Report(the only one I have )((but I have
> worked in them at the Library at Western Illinois in Macomb years
> ago))
>
> Galva Coal Wataga 68 ft Shaft mined 6,234 tons
> GW Essex Galesburg 106 ft Shaft Mined 5,000 tons
> Rodell and Mitchell Wataga 52 ft shaft mined 4,054 tons
> Pendergast Bros. Galesburg 100 ft shaft mined 3,600 tons
> George Clifton Oneida 45 ft Slope Mined 2,440 tons
> Louis Modene & Sons Wataga 25 ft slope mined 2,146
> 6 of the top 10 mines in Knox County
> The Q was the No. 3 coal hauler in the State with 2,521,752 tons moved
> 9,500 tons loaded in Knox Co alone
> G&GE shows moving 8,620
> Galesburg Pub Lib use to have Illinois Blue books shows some
> production but not the details the Coal Reports show
> Keystone Coal Buyers Manuals often show mines and have maps also(if
> you can find them) Uof I has them(urbana)
> SJH
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