Mine Index 3088 Isaac Wantling and Son, Blue Fly Mine

Mine Index Number: 3088

Company Name:	Isaac Wantling and Son
Mine Name:	Blue Fly Mine
Start Date:	1895	End Date:	1902
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	25
Production Indicated Acres:	40	General Area of mining acres shown:
The mine is smaller than expected from the reported production. The undated source map is probably not a final map.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft The shaft was divided into three compartments, with two hoist shafts and an air shaft.

Peoria

9N 7E

36

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Colchester

112

2.5

LW

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Isaac Wantling and Son (add)	Blue Fly (add)	1895-1902	172,503
Total Production: 172,503

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.P41 i5.1-36

Undated

1:3456

1:3456

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Mine location.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-36 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.