Mine Index Number: 3899
| Company Name:
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New Bluff Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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New Bluff Mine
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| Start Date:
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1933
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End Date:
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1936
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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3
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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2 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.
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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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Wabash
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2S 13W
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20
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SE NE NE
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| Air shaft
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Wabash
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2S 13W
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20
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SE NE NE
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Geology
| Friendsville
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50-60
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3.5-4.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was fossiliferous shale that may have had a thin limestone above.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 353022
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1935
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1:1200
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1:1489
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Wabash County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Mine type, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 353022, reel 03141, frame 191 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
