Mine Index 3901   Bluff Coal Company,   Bluff Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Wabash unlocated
County: Wabash
Quadrangle: Keensburg
County Coal Data: Wabash
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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Mine Index Number: 3901

Company Name: Bluff Coal Company
Mine Name: Bluff Mine
Start Date: 1924 End Date: 1930
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Production Indicated Acres: 4 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 21 SE NW NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Friendsville 47 3.0 4.0 3.5 Underground

Geological Problems Reported

The coal occasionally contained 4 to 8 inches of black jack or limestone lenses. The coal had thick calcite facings.

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Bluff Coal Company Bluff 1924-1930 [1] 12,147
Total Production: 12,147

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS map library, 4103.W31 i5.1-4 1927 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

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 location, seam.
ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Depth, thickness, geologic problems.
ISGS map library, 4103.W31 i5.1-4, work map of L. G. Henbest - Shaft location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

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Notes

  1. Mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year were not listed in the Coal Reports from 1930 to 1933. This mine may have operated later than 1930.