Mine Index 4458   Bluebird Coal Company,   Bluebird No. 4 Pit

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Williamson unlocated
County: Williamson
Quadrangle: Crab Orchard
County Coal Data: Williamson
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4458

Company Name: Bluebird Coal Company
Mine Name: Bluebird No. 4 Pit
Start Date: 1935 End Date: Unknown
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: None [1]
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Tipple Williamson 9S 4E 30 NE cor SW SE [2]
Pit Williamson 9S 4E 30 W ½ NE SW
Pit Williamson 9S 4E 30 SE SE SW

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Bluebird Coal Company [3] Bluebird, Pit No. 4 1935 - ? Unknown

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes undated (text only) 1:24000 [4] Secondary source
ISGS field notes (E. T. Benson) 8-4-1935 (text only) 1:24000 [5] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.
ISGS field notes (Williamson County) - Pit locations.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Production is unknown and the size cannot be estimated.
  2. Some confusion exists on the location; the mine notes also indicated the mine was located in 33-T9S-R5E
  3. The Coal Reports did not list the production for Pit 4 separately; production and years of operation are unknown. See Mine Index 4087, Bluebird Mine
  4. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
  5. The mine location was plotted on a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.