Mine Index Number: 0280
| Company Name:
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Blue Mound Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Blue Mound No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1904
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End Date:
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1913
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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65 Production indicates approximately 65 acres were mined. A general area of mining on the accompanying map indicates the approximate size of the area mined.
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft (7 x 15 ft)
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Macon
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15N 1E
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32
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NE NW SW
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| Air shaft (8 x 12 ft)
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Macon
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15N 1E
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32
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NW SW According to the 1904 Coal Report, the air / escape shaft construction was 150 feet deep. The location of the air shaft is not known, but is assumed to be near the hoist shaft.
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Geology
| Springfield
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467
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3.5
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6.5
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5.0
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RP
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Geological Problems Reported
Some gas was reported at the active face of the workings.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 290,161
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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Secondary source
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| Sanborn Map Company
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5-1910
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Unknown
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, air shaft size.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Macon County) - Mine type, shaft location, shaft size, depth, thickness, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Sanborn Map Company, Blue Mound, 1910 - Shaft location (direction from railroad tracks).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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