Mine Index 2299 Blue Ribbon Coal Company, Blue Ribbon No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2299

Company Name:	Blue Ribbon Coal Company
Mine Name:	Blue Ribbon No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1962
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Less than 1 acre
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

Gallatin

10S 9E

30

SE NE SW

Air drift

Gallatin

10S 9E

30

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Willis

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Edgar Scott (add)	Scott (add)	1934-1941	602

Blue Ribbon Coal Company The Scott Mine was abandoned but the mine opening was used to access the lower bench of the Willis Coal. (add)	Blue Ribbon No. 1 (add)	1961-1962	160

Total Production: 762

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351557

2-10-1962

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, drift location.

ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Seam.

Microfilm map, document 351557, reel 03136, frame 325 - Slope and drift locations, mine outline, mining method.