Mine Index Number: 2989
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Blue Flame Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Dog Town Mine
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| Start Date:
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1938
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End Date:
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1940
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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Less than 1
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main slope
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Mercer
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15N 2W
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26
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NW NE NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Rock Island
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50-100
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3.0
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Underground
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 883
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Mine notes
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Undated
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Mercer County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Mercer County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, mine name.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 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.
