Mine Index Number: 3733
| Company Name:
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John OConnell
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| Mine Name:
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Bluebird Mine
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| Start Date:
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1892
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End Date:
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1907
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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42
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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12
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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The eastern mine boundary is more like a general area of mining, but was extended to include the shaft location as indicated in the mine notes. Some of the area shown for the Bluebird Mine may have been mined by the Kellyville No. 1 Mine (mine index 3731).
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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 shaft
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Vermilion
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19N 11W
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32
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SW NE SE
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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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| Total Production: 399,494
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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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| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-107
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undated
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1:3636
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1:3636
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Secondary source
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| State Archive, MSHA_1050_01
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4-11-1909
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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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, shaft location, seam.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-107, map of Danville Belt Coal Company - Shaft location.
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| State Archive, MSHA_1050_01, map of Kelly No. 5 Mine (mine index 3740) - Mine outline (northwestern).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company: MSHA_1050
Map Date: 4-11-1909
Coal Co.: Bunsen Coal Company
Mine Name: Kelly No. 5 Mine
Image Credit: Illinois Department of Natural Resources - Office of Mines and Minerals
Full Res Download
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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ISGS map library
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| Map ID:
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4103 v4 i5 1-107
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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Undated
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-107, is a composite map of 16 pieces combined into one map of Danville Belt Coal Company
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| More Info:
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4103 v4 i5 1-107.jpg
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/vermilion/4103 v4 i5 1-107.zip
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Photographs
