Mine Index 0610 Blue Bird Coal Company, Blue Bird No. 1 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Saline unlocated
	County:	Saline
	Quadrangle:	Harrisburg
	County Coal Data:	Saline
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0610


Company Name:	Blue Bird Coal Company
Mine Name:	Blue Bird No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1929	End Date:	1935
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	250 ^[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

Slope^[2]

Saline

10S 5E

1

NW NW NW

Escapement shaft^[3]

Saline

10S 5E

2

NE NE NE

Tipple / pit^[4]

Saline

10S 5E

1

N 1⁄2

Geology

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

Springfield

45

4.33-6.5

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Blue Bird Coal Company (add)	Blue Bird No. 1 (add)	1929-1935	1,453,176
Total Production: 1,453,176

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Microfilm, document 352769

7-1-1931

1:2400

1:4468

Not Final

USGS topographic map

PR 1990

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.

ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mining method, seam.

Microfilm map, document 352769, reel 03140, frame 291 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outlines, mining methods.

USGS topographic map, Harrisburg Quadrangle, 1961, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

M0610 minenotes.pdf

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	Microfilm
	Map ID:	352769 3140, 291
	Company:	Blue Bird Coal Company
	Mine Name:
	Caption:
	Map Date:	07-01-1931
	Map Status:	Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:	Secondary source map for mine index 0048 & not final source map for mine index 0610
	More Info:	M0048
	Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/m0048.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ This area includes approximately 13 acres mined by New Oak Hill No. 3 Mine (mine index 3289), 160 acres mined by Blue Bird No. 1 Mine (mine index 610) and 77 acres mined by Harrisburg No. 2 Mine (mine index 3320).
↑ The mine operated as a slope for the first year, mining the southern portion of Saline Valley No. 1 Mine (mine index 48), and then changed to surface-mining.
↑ The mine operated as a slope for the first year, mining the southern portion of Saline Valley No. 1 Mine (mine index 48), and then changed to surface-mining.
↑ The mine operated as a slope for the first year, mining the southern portion of Saline Valley No. 1 Mine (mine index 48), and then changed to surface-mining.

[1] This area includes approximately 13 acres mined by New Oak Hill No. 3 Mine (mine index 3289), 160 acres mined by Blue Bird No. 1 Mine (mine index 610) and 77 acres mined by Harrisburg No. 2 Mine (mine index 3320).

[2] The mine operated as a slope for the first year, mining the southern portion of Saline Valley No. 1 Mine (mine index 48), and then changed to surface-mining.

[3] The mine operated as a slope for the first year, mining the southern portion of Saline Valley No. 1 Mine (mine index 48), and then changed to surface-mining.

[4] The mine operated as a slope for the first year, mining the southern portion of Saline Valley No. 1 Mine (mine index 48), and then changed to surface-mining.

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