Mine Index Number: 3219
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Blair Mining Company
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| Mine Name:
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Blair Mine
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| Start Date:
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1922
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End Date:
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March 1953
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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36
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| Acres after map date:
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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 shaft
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Randolph
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5S 6W
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27
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SE SE SE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Randolph
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5S 6W
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27
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SE SE SE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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26-30
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4.83
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
In some parts of the mine, limestone was the immediate roof. In other areas, 4 to 8 inches of shale was above the coal.
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: 160,715
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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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| State archives, IL_1022
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4-15-1953
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1:2400
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1:1703
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Final
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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 (Randolph County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS field notes (Randolph County) - Geologic problems.
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| Bibliography
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| State archive, IL_1022, courtesy Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production was less than 1,000 tons in 1930 and was not reported.
