Mine Index 0811 Blue Lake Coal Company, Blue Lake Mine

Mine Index Number: 0811

Company Name:	Blue Lake Coal Company
Mine Name:	Blue Lake Mine
Start Date:	1943	End Date:	May 1965
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	87
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Vermilion

19N 12W

27

SE NW NW

Air shaft

Vermilion

19N 12W

27

SW NW NW

Geology

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

Danville

95-105

5.75-5.83

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Pyrite occurred in nodules up to 4 inches across.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

W. W. Coal Company (add)	W. W. No. 2 (add)	1943-1944	750

Blue Lake Coal Company Changed hands in 1946 to Walter Mauck, and again in 1952 (name unknown), but operated under the same name. (add)	Blue Lake (add)	1944-1965	343,006

Total Production: 343,756

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-120

6-4-1965

1:1200

1:1578

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Slope & air shaft locations, seam, mine type, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-120 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.