Mine Index Number: 3267
Company Name:
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Blue Bird Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Blue Bird No. 4 Mine
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Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Unknown
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Type of Mine:
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Surface
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Total acres shown:
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55
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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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Tipple / pit
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Saline
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9S 5E
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33
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SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
Production
Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Blue Bird Coal Company
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Blue Bird No. 4No 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. 5 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).
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
ISGS Coal Section files
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Undated
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1:20124
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1:20124
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Secondary source
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Microfilm, document 352783
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6-30-1937
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1:2400
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1:3972
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Not finalThis source map shows mostly drill holes and elevation data for coal less than 50 feet deep.
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Ownership, years of operation.
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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, mine location.
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ISGS Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline.
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Microfilm map, document 352783, reel 03140, frame 309 - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs