Mine Index 3963 Blue Blaze Coal Company, Curley Mine

Mine Index Number: 3963

Company Name:	Blue Blaze Coal Company
Mine Name:	Curley Mine
Start Date:	1946	End Date:	March 1960
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	47
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The southern part of the mine was later surface-mined by Ace Diggin Mine (mine index 1007).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

8S 1E

35

NW NW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 1E

35

SW SW NE

Geology

		Thickness (ft)
Seam	Depth (ft)	Min	Max	Ave	Mining Method

Herrin

88

8.0-10.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1946-1947	19,462

Carterville Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1948-1949	10,970

Beasley Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze No. 1 (add)	1950-1950	6,804

Carterville Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1951-1951	170

Carterville Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1951-1952	3,696

Carterville Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Curley (add)	1952-1956	21,400

Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Curley (add)	1957-1960	20,960

Total Production: 83,462

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353253

3-23-1960

1:2400

1:2979

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.

Microfilm map, document 353252, reel 03142, frame 194 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.