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The organization of the Des Moines Coal Company by Wesley Redhead in 1865 marked the beginning of coal mining on a commercial scale He opened a slope mine north of the city on the west side of the Des Moines River named the Des Moines Coal Co Mine indicated as 50 on Plate I The fledgling coalmining industry grew steadily

Apr 15 2016 · Officials told KCCIs Kim St Onge that the mine under the sinkhole neighborhood dates back to the 1920s and the South Des Moines Coal Company The mine under that part of Des Moines is

The purpose of this report is to compile information on past coal mining activity in the city of Des Moines and the surrounding areas and summarizing documentation for the available records The limits of the study area encompass the most densely populated portion of the Des Moines area affected by undermining and includes all known underground mines in Polk county

Apr 13 2016 · Abandoned coal mines likely contributed to a sinkhole that swallowed a 40foot tree and the front yard of a home on Des Moines’ south side early Wednesday morning

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The Iowa Department of Natural Resourcess DNR interactive map of coal mines in Iowa shows the locations of coal mines and mine entrances throughout Iowa and also has the option to search the map by street address Users may click on the map to access information about mine use dates type mining method entrance type and links to original mine maps

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A gaping sinkhole on Des Moines’ south side has shed light on a littleknown fact about what is underground in much of central Iowa

Abandoned underground coal mines of Des Moines Iowa and vicinity Technical paper Howes Mary R on FREE shipping on qualifying offers Abandoned underground coal mines of Des Moines Iowa and vicinity Technical paper

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The remainder of the coal mines 377 had locations and extents documented by sources other than surveyed maps The most common alternate sources were township maps prepared by the Office of State Mine Inspectors followed by maps in the Iowa Geological Survey annual reports and mining company lease maps

About the same time during the later 40 s coal was taken from mines owned by Senator Eliab Doud near the present town of Douds The mines were managed by Mr Van Sicle who was an intelligent and enterprising mine operator and coal was supplied to the steamers running up the Des Moines river

Aug 25 2016 · The price of gold was either too low or the iron that attached itself to the quartz vein was too difficult to mine which led to the caves and tunnel systems being abandoned Flickr Jared Although eventually going out of business this mine system was reported to be the very first attempt at systematic deep underground mining and quickly

Coal mining along Muchakinock creek dates back to 1843 when local blacksmiths mined coal from exposures along the creek By 1867 there were small drift mines all along Muchakinock Creek down to Eddyville where the creek flows into the Des Moines River In 1873 the Iowa Central Railroad built a branch along Muchakinock Creek

Reclaiming Iowa’s Abandoned Coal Mine Lands This eightminute Iowa Outdoors video focuses on Iowas coal mines A century ago southern Iowa was home to hundreds of surface coal mines As the coal boom died so did the companies that mined for it leaving those mines abandoned and

The coal mines had closed by the end of the 1940s while streetcar service ended in 1951 In 1920 shortly after the city incorporated Urbandale had 298 people Its population in 1950 was 1777 but the city grew rapidly after that along with the rest of Des Moines suburbs By 1970 Urbandale had 14434 people and in 2000 it had 29072

Apr 04 2019 · I recently worked on a project near Gallup New Mexico where a large sinkhole developed in someone’s backyard above abandoned underground coal mine workings We created a design to safeguard the public from this dangerous abandoned mine problem and prevent it from happening in the future The 2021 WE Local Des Moines LHC Members Are

The last of Iowa’s coal mines shut down in 1994 but in the early 20th century coal mining was the number two industry in the state Today on Talk of Iowa we listen back to a conversation with

Dec 13 2018 · Authorities say three people missing since last weekend have been found alive at a nonoperational coal mine in West state Office of Miners Health Safety and Training says in