Mine Index Number: 4206
| Company Name:
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Blue Bird Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Blue Bird No. 3 Mine
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Unknown
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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207
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Production for this mine is unknown. This mine is part of a larger mined area which also includes Blue Bird No. 5 (mine index 3267) and New Oak Hill No. 6 Mine (mine index 3314). This area may include additional mines.
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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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| Tipple / pit
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Saline
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9S 5E
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31
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SW SE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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30
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4.0
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS Coal Section files
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Undated
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1:20124
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1:20124
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership.
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| ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mine location, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| ISGS Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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ISGS Coal Section files
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| Map ID:
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Strip Mine Updates
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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1971-1973
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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Strip update 3
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/strip update 3.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ No production was listed under this name in the annual Coal Reports. The production for this surface mine may have been reported under other surface mines of this company (No. 1 is mine index 610, No. 2 is mine index 3271, No. 5 is mine index 3267) or the coal may have been shipped from the tipple for the Blue Bird No. 6 (underground) Mine (mine index 3263).
