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Mine Index 3695   Blackburn Coal Company,   Blackburn Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Vermilion unlocated
County: Vermilion
Quadrangle: Danville SW
County Coal Data: Vermilion
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3695

Company Name: Blackburn Coal Company
Mine Name: Blackburn Mine
Start Date: 1934 End Date: 1941
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 5 General Area of mining acres shown:

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.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main slope Vermilion 19N 11W 18 NW SW NE
Mine Vermilion 19N 11W 18 NE SW NW
Mine Vermilion 19N 11W 18 NW SE NW
Mine Vermilion 19N 11W 18 SW SW NE
Mine Vermilion 19N 11W 18 SE NW NE
Mine Vermilion 19N 11W 18 SW NW NE
Mine Vermilion 19N 11W 18 SW NE NE
Mine Vermilion 19N 11W 18 NW SE NE
Mine Vermilion 19N 11W 18 SW SE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Danville 4-5 6.0 RP, Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Blackburn Coal Company [1] Blackburn 1934-1934 6,218
Blackburn Coal Company Blackburn 1935-1937 18,465
Donaldson-Fairhall [2] Blackburn 1938-1939 3,081
Blackburn Coal Company [3] Blackburn 1940-1941 1,750
Total Production: 29,514

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS mine notes Undated (text only) 1:24000 [4] Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining methods.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Vermilion County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Mine type, slope and tipple locations, seam, depth, thickness.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. ↑ lessor John Donaldson
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS topographic map and digitized.


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