Mine Index 4107 Blue Bird Coal Company, Turner Mine

Mine Index Number: 4107

Company Name:	Blue Bird Coal Company
Mine Name:	Turner Mine
Start Date:	1944	End Date:	August 1968
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	404
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Partially surface-mined by Delta Mine (mine index 0702).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

27

SW SW NE

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 4E

27

NE SW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

71-91

4.17-4.67

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows bad top in the E ½ 27-T9S-R4E and in the NW NE 22-T9S-R4E.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Turner Coal Corporation (add)	Turner No. 1 (add)	1944-1948	443,451

Little Creek Coal Company (add)	Little Creek No. 1 (add)	1949-1953 Idle 1953	35,760

Independent Coal Company (add)	Turner No. 1 (add)	1954-1954	440

McHorn Coal Company (add)	Old Turner (add)	1955-1959	177,666

Norman Coal Company (add)	Turner (add)	1959-1962	319,925

Blue Bird Coal Company (add)	Turner (add)	1963-1968	925,380

Total Production: 1,902,622

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353294

9-21-1968

1:2400

1:4634

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, 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 353294, reel 03142, frames 252, 253 - Slope and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.