Mine Index 4109 Blue Blaze Coal Company, Blue Blaze Mine

Mine Index Number: 4109

Company Name:	Blue Blaze Coal Company
Mine Name:	Blue Blaze Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1938
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	3	General Area of mining acres shown:
Not Shown On Map. Not shown on the accompanying map due to later surface mining by the Amax Delta Mine (mine index 0702). Old un-named works were shown to the northwest of this mine, which were also stripped out by the Delta Mine.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Williamson

9S 4E

28

NW NW SW

Air slope

Williamson

9S 4E

28

NW NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

10

5.17

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1934-1935	4,690

Waugh (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1935-1935	1,895

Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1936-1938	4,835

Total Production: 11,420

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353147

9-18-1938

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353147, reel 03142, frame 26 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.