Mine Index Number: 3263
| Company Name:
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Blue Bird Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Blue Bird No. 6 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1936
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End Date:
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April 4, 1949
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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650
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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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| Haulage and fan drift [1]
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Saline
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10S 5E
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5
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SE NW NW
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| Slope
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Saline
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9S 5E
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31
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SE NE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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105-110
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4.5-5.0
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CRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map for the Carmac Mine (mine index 696) indicated that bad roof conditions prevented westward mining for the Blue Bird No. 6 Mine. The source map for this mine showed bad roof conditions in several areas of the mine, mostly concentrated along the northern part of the mine in NW 32- T9S-R5E, and another area on the western side of the mine (SW NE NE 31-T9S-R5E).
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_1681_03
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4-4-1949
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, drift location, seam.
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| State archive, IL_1681_03 - Drift & slope locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems, abandonment date.
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| Microfilm map, document 353258, reel 03142, frame 201, map of Carmac Mine (mine index 696) - Geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Blue Bird No. 6|Blue Bird No. 6]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/thumbnails/m3263_IL_1681_03_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_1681_03
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| Company:
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Blue Bird Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Blue Bird No. 6
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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04-04-1949
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M3263 IL 1681 03
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/m3263 IL 1681 03.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The source map shows that the drift entrance to the mine is off the highwall of the Delta Mine (mine index 702), and several other drift entrances are possible in this area.
