Mine Index 2607   National Fire Proofing Company,   Twin Bluffs Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: La Salle unlocated
County: La Salle
Quadrangle: Starved Rock
County Coal Data: La Salle
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2607

Company Name: National Fire Proofing Company
Mine Name: Twin Bluffs Mine
Start Date: 1919 End Date: 1920
Type of Mine: Surface
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
Pit La Salle 33N 3E 17 NE NE NE

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
National Fire Proofing Company Twin Bluffs Mine 1919-1920 500
Total Production: 500

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS field notes (H. B. Willman) 8-15-1929 1:62500 1:24000[1] Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (La Salle County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
ISGS field notes (La Salle County) - Mine type, mine location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

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