Mine Index Number: 0811
| Company Name:
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Blue Lake Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Blue Lake Mine
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| Start Date:
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1943
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End Date:
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May 1965
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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87
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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 slope
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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27
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SE NW NW
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| Air shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 12W
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27
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SW NW NW
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Geology
| Danville
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95-105
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5.75-5.83
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Pyrite occurred in nodules up to 4 inches across.
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: 343,756
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-120
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6-4-1965
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1:1200
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1:1578
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Slope & air shaft locations, seam, mine type, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-120 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Map library: 4103.V4 i5.1-120
Map Date: 6-4-1965
Coal Co.: Blue Lake Coal Company
Mine Name: Blue Lake Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Changed hands in 1946 to Walter Mauck, and again in 1952 (name unknown), but operated under the same name.
