Mine Index Number: 0610
| Company Name:
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Blue Bird Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Blue Bird No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1929
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End Date:
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1935
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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250 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).
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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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| SlopeThe 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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Saline
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10S 5E
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1
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NW NW NW
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| Tipple / pitThe 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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Saline
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10S 5E
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1
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N 1⁄2
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Geology
| Springfield
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45
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4.33-6.5
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352769
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7-1-1931
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1:2400
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1:4468
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Not Final
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| USGS topographic map
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PR 1990
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1:24000
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1:24000
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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, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.
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| ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mining method, seam.
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| Microfilm map, document 352769, reel 03140, frame 291 - Slope location, mine outlines, mining methods.
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| USGS topographic map, Harrisburg Quadrangle, 1961, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
