Mine Index 2747 Bliss Coal Company, Bliss Mine

Mine Index Number: 2747

Company Name:	Bliss Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bliss Mine
Start Date:	1939	End Date:	1947
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	6
Acres after map date:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Logan

20N 3W

27

2083 FSL, 1137 FEL

Geology

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

Springfield

278

5.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bliss Coal Company (add)	Bliss (add)	1939-1945	8,620

Bliss Coal Company (add)	Bliss (add)	1946-1947	2,192 Approximate production since date of map

Total Production: 10,812

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352534

1945

1:2400

1:4464

Not final

Microfilm, document 352536

1945

1:2400

1:4469

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Logan County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352534, reel 03139, frame 257 - Shaft location, mine outline.

Microfilm map, document 352536, reel 03139, frame 262 - Shaft location, mine outline.