Mine Index 0168 Blaine Coal Company, Blue Hill Mine

Mine Index Number: 0168

Company Name:	Blaine Coal Company
Mine Name:	Blue Hill Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	February 1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	306
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

2

NW SE NE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

2

SW NE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

160

4.0

6.5

5.17-5.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was gray sandy shale ranging to a bluish gray shale. The blue shale was a better roof, but eventually it too would come down after exposure. Rolls and slips were present in the coal. The coal contained pyrite lenses and calcite in fracture fillings.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Orchard Coal Company (add)	Orchard No. 1 (add)	1918-1928 Idle 1924-1928	553,925

Ohio Valley Coal Company (add)	Orchard (add)	1929-1932 Idle 1930-1932	2,200

Blue Hill Coal Company (add)	Blue Hill (add)	1933-1937	345,717

Marvel Coal Company (add)	Orchard (add)	1937-1939	48,667

M. and S. Coal Company (add)	Orchard (add)	1939-1942	39,990

Blue Hill Coal Company (add)	Orchard No. 92 (add)	1943-1950 Idle 1949 and 1950	726,052

Blaine Coal Company (add)	Blue Hill (add)	1951-1952	109,181

Total Production: 1,825,732

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353236

2-8-1952

1:2400

1:4637

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 353236, reel 03142, frames 171-174 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.