Mine Index Number: 3901
| Company Name:
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Bluff Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Bluff Mine
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| Start Date:
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1924
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End Date:
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1930
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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4
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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|
|
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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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21
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SE NW NW
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Geology
| Friendsville
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47
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3.0
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4.0
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3.5
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Underground
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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
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Bluff Coal Company
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Bluff
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1924-1930 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.
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12,147
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| Total Production: 12,147
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.W31 i5.1-4
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1927
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1:62500
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1:62500
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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.
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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 location, seam.
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| ISGS field notes (Wabash County) - Depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.W31 i5.1-4, work map of L. G. Henbest - Shaft location.
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Mine Notes
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