Mine Index 3245 Blue Eagle Coal Company, Blue Eagle No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3245

Company Name:	Blue Eagle Coal Company
Mine Name:	Blue Eagle No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Rock Island

17N 1E

8

SW SE NE

Geology

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

Rock Island

53

3.5

Geological Problems Reported

The lower part of the black shale roof came down. In the coal, rolls came up from the bottom, which made it expensive to mine. Pyrite lenses and stringers were found throughout the coal, as were calcite facings. The floor was a lightly gray clay that only heaved where rooms were mined too wide.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Blue Eagle Coal Company (add)	Blue Eagle No. 2 (add)	1936-1937	3,744

Edward Stoehr and Sons (add)	Blue Eagle No. 2 (add)	1938-1939	3,030

Blue Eagle Coal Company (add)	Blue Eagle No. 2 (add)	1940-1943	1,085

Total Production: 7,859

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Rock Island County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.