Mine Index 3899   New Bluff Coal Company,   New Bluff Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Wabash unlocated
County: Wabash
Quadrangle: Grayville
Keensburg
County Coal Data: Wabash
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3899

Company Name: New Bluff Coal Company
Mine Name: New Bluff Mine
Start Date: 1933 End Date: 1936
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 3
Production Indicated Acres: 2 [1] General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft Wabash 2S 13W 20 SE NE NE
Air shaft Wabash 2S 13W 20 SE NE NE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Friendsville 50-60 3.5-4.0 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was fossiliferous shale that may have had a thin limestone above.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
New Bluff Coal Company [2] New Bluff 1933-1935 3,592
New Bluff Coal Company [3] New Bluff 1935-1936 2,215 [4]
Total Production: 5,807

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 353022 1935 1:1200 1:1489 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.
ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
Microfilm map, document 353022, reel 03141, frame 191 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The outline shown on the accompanying map is larger than expected for the reported production and may indicate that the mine operated during the period (1930-1932) when the Coal Report did not list production for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year. Production indicates less than 1 acre was mined after the map date.
  2. Operator Elvia Stokes
  3. Production after map date
  4. Production after map date