Mine Index 3267 Blue Bird Coal Company, Blue Bird No. 5 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Saline unlocated
	County:	Saline
	Quadrangle:	Carrier Mills
	County Coal Data:	Saline
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3267

This area includes Blue Bird No. 3 (mine index 4206) which did not report production, and New Oak Hill No. 6 Mine (mine index 3314) which mined approximately 15 acres. This area may include additional mines.
Company Name:	Blue Bird Coal Company
Mine Name:	Blue Bird No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	207
Production Indicated Acres:	50	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Saline

9S 5E

33

SW

Geology

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

Springfield

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Blue Bird Coal Company (add)	Blue Bird No. 4^[1] (add)	Unknown	none

Blue Bird Sales (add)	Blue Bird (add)	1934-1935^[2]	2,726

Blue Bird Coal Company (add)	Blue Bird No. 5 (add)	1936-1937	371,407


Total Production: 374,133

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

ISGS Coal Section files

Undated

1:20124

Secondary source

State archive, IL_2573_01

6-30-1937

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location.

ISGS Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline.

State archive, IL_2573_01 - Pit identification.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	ISGS Coal Section files
	Map ID:	Strip Mine Updates
	Company:
	Mine Name:
	Caption:
	Map Date:	1971-1973
	Map Status:	Secondary
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	Strip update 3
	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!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/strip update 3.zip

These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.	Map Type:	State Archive
	Map ID:	IL_2573
	Company:	Blue Bird Coal Company
	Mine Name:
	Caption:	Strip Mines No. 4 and 5
	Map Date:	06-30-1937
	Map Status:	Not Final
	Image Credit:
	Note:
	More Info:	M3267 IL 2573
	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!	https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/m3267 IL 2573.zip

Photographs

Notes

↑ No production was listed under this name in the annual Coal Reports. The production for this surface mine may have been reported under other surface mines of this company (No. 1 is mine index 610, No. 2 is mine index 3271, No. 3 is mine index 4206) or the coal may have been shipped from the tipple for the Blue Bird No. 6 (underground) Mine (mine index 3263).
↑ Not reported 1935.

[1] No production was listed under this name in the annual Coal Reports. The production for this surface mine may have been reported under other surface mines of this company (No. 1 is mine index 610, No. 2 is mine index 3271, No. 3 is mine index 4206) or the coal may have been shipped from the tipple for the Blue Bird No. 6 (underground) Mine (mine index 3263).

[2] Not reported 1935.

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