Mine Index Number: 3271
| Company Name:
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Blue Bird Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Blue Bird No. 2 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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45
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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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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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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS field notes (H. R. Wanless)
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8-19-1932
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(text only)
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1:24000[2]
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| 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, pit location, mining method.
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| ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Pit location, seam, thickness, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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. 4 is mine index 3267, 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).
- ↑ The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.
