Mine Index Number: 3695
| Company Name:
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Blackburn Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Blackburn Mine
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| Start Date:
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1934
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End Date:
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1941
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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5
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General Area of mining acres shown:
|
|
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The extent of production of the many small mines that operated on this property is not known, and a general area of mining has been drawn to indicate this uncertainty.
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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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| Main slope
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
|
18
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NW SW NE
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| Mine
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
|
18
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NE SW NW
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| Mine
|
Vermilion
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19N 11W
|
18
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NW SE NW
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| Mine
|
Vermilion
|
19N 11W
|
18
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SW SW NE
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| Mine
|
Vermilion
|
19N 11W
|
18
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SE NW NE
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| Mine
|
Vermilion
|
19N 11W
|
18
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SW NW NE
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| Mine
|
Vermilion
|
19N 11W
|
18
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SW NE NE
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| Mine
|
Vermilion
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19N 11W
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18
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NW SE NE
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| Mine
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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18
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SW SE NE
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Geology
| Danville
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4-5
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|
|
6.0
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RP, Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
|
| Donaldson-Fairhall Donaldson-Fairhall and at least the later Blackburn listings were not operating concerns, but a reporting composite of the leased Blackburn Coal Properties. There were at least 9 small operations reporting under this umbrella listing in 1938. Some of these later reported under their own names.
|
Blackburn
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1938-1939
|
3,081
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|
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| Blackburn Coal Company Donaldson-Fairhall and at least the later Blackburn listings were not operating concerns, but a reporting composite of the leased Blackburn Coal Properties. There were at least 9 small operations reporting under this umbrella listing in 1938. Some of these later reported under their own names.
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Blackburn
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1940-1941
|
1,750
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS mine notes
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Undated
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(text only)
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1:24000 Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.
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Undated
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining methods.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope and tipple locations, seam, depth, thickness.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
