Mine Index 2338 Byrnes and Fleming, Bluff Mine

Mine Index Number: 2338

Company Name:	Byrnes and Fleming
Mine Name:	Bluff Mine
Start Date:	1892	End Date:	1913
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None Production indicates approximately 23 acres were mined.
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 shaft

Grundy

33N 7E

4

NE SE NW

Geology

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

Colchester

48-62

2.07-3.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Laherty Brothers (add)	Laherty (add)	1892-1894	8,100

James Cryer (add)	Cryer No. 2 (add)	1894-1896	3,794

Laherty Brothers (add)	Laherty (add)	1896-1897	1,765

William Laherty (add)	Laherty (add)	1897-1899 Purchased by Thomas Fleming and Company in 1898, but reported under the same name through 1899.	4,200

Byrnes and Fleming (add)	Bluff (add)	1899-1913	33,945

Total Production: 51,804

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

1-1934

1:84480

1:84480

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft location.

Federal Land Bank Report (Grundy County) - Mine location.