Mine Index Number: 0360
| Company Name:
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Thomas Lopeman
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| Mine Name:
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Blue Blaze No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1927
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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1
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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 drift
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Marshall
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12N 9E
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34
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SW SW NE
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Geology
| Danville
|
|
3.0
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4.0
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3.3-3.5
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
The upper 4 inches of the seam was bone coal. A persistent clay band was present 7 to 9 inches above the floor. Occasional pyrite lenses 12 to 15 inches thick occured.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Thomas Lopeman
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Lopeman
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1927-1929
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1,798 Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons; this mine may have been active during that period. Coal Section files lists the ownership as Lopeman-Butler.
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mine notes
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undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24,000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description 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.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Marshall County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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