Mine Index 2989   Blue Flame Coal Company,   Dog Town Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Mercer unlocated
County: Mercer
Quadrangle: Matherville
County Coal Data: Mercer
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2989

Company Name: Blue Flame Coal Company
Mine Name: Dog Town Mine
Start Date: 1938 End Date: 1940
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 slope Mercer 15N 2W 26 NW NE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Rock Island 50-100 3.0 Underground

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
James Docherty [1] Dog Town 1938-1939 630
Blue Flame Coal Company Dog Town 1939-1940 253
Total Production: 883

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Mine notes Undated 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, mine name.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

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Notes

  1. The mine notes indicate the mine owned by Docherty was opened by Harris and Brown in 1937. The Coal Reports did not list production under that name.