Mine Index Number: 2338
| Company Name:
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Byrnes and Fleming
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| Mine Name:
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Bluff Mine
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| Start Date:
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1892
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End Date:
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1913
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None [1]
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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 shaft
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Grundy
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33N 7E
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4
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NE SE NW
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Geology
| Colchester
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48-62
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2.07-3.0
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RP
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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
| Federal Land Bank Report
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1-1934
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1:84480
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1:84480
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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, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location.
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| Federal Land Bank Report (Grundy County) - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production indicates approximately 23 acres were mined.
- ↑ Purchased by Thomas Fleming and Company in 1898, but reported under the same name through 1899.
