Mine Index 2535 Thomas Lopeman, Blue Blaze No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2535

Company Name:	Thomas Lopeman
Mine Name:	Blue Blaze No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	1944
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Marshall

12N 9E

34

Geology

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

Danville

3.33

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Johnson and Wilkins (add)	Johnson and Wilkins (add)	1939-1939	21

Reed and Meyers (add)	Reed and Meyers (add)	1940-1941	290

Thomas Lopeman (add)	Blue Blaze No. 2 (add)	1941-1944	588

Total Production: 899

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS mine notes

undated

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, thickness.