Mine Index Number: 0631
| Company Name:
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Blu-Blaz Bloc Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peacock Mine
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| Start Date:
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1923
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End Date:
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April 1966
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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8
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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 drift
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Gallatin
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10S 9E
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30
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SW SW SE
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| Air drift
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Gallatin
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10S 9E
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30
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SW SW SE
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| Escape drift
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Gallatin
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10S 9E
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30
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SW SW SE
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Geology
| Willis
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0-100
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3.0
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3.3
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3.2
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RPB
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Geological Problems Reported
Faults were shown on the source map along the western boundary. Another fault was shown in the center of the mine, trending southwest-northeast. Displacement was not noted on the map, but mining stopped at the faults. The immediate roof was fine, soft, massive sandstone, which sometimes rolled into the coal for a few inches. The upper part of the coal sometimes contained localized clay partings. The coal was not mined where these partings were present. The coal had vertical fractures throughout the seam, and these were generally filled with clay or mud that was sticky and adhered to the coal. Some thin pyrite bands parallel to the bedding were noted in the seam.
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 351556
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2-6-1966
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1:1200
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1:1324
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Final
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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 (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Seam, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351556, reel 03136, frame 324 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
