Mine Index 3316 Roger Knickerbocker, Blue Blaze Mine

Mine Index Number: 3316

Company Name:	Roger Knickerbocker
Mine Name:	Blue Blaze Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	1949
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Saline

9S 5E

33

NE NE SE

Air shaft

Saline

9S 5E

34

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Springfield

50

4.67

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Water entering the mine forced its abandonment. This mine was connected underground with Wasson A Mine (mine index 0130).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1938-1939	1,713

W. K. Miller (add)	Blue Eagle (add)	1940-1940	4,700

Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1941-1941	4,500

Blue Blaze Coal Company Operated by W. K. Miller (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1942-1942	3,379

Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze No. 1 (add)	1943-1946Idle 1946	3,947

Blue Blaze Coal Company Operated by Roger Knickerbocker (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1947-1948	20,629

Roger Knickerbocker (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1949-1949	244

Total Production: 39,112

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352801

1-15-1949

1:2400

1:1986

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352801, reel 03140, frame 348 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.