Mine Index 4206 Blue Bird Coal Company, Blue Bird No. 5 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4206

Company Name:	Blue Bird Coal Company
Mine Name:	Blue Bird No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	50	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple / pit

Saline

9S 5E

31

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

30

4.0 (4.67-4.85)

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Blue Bird Sales (add)	Blue Bird (add)	1934-1935Not reported 1935	2,726

Blue Bird Coal Company (add)	Blue Bird No. 5 (add)	1936-1937	371,407

Total Production: 374,133

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS Coal Section files

Undated

1:20124

1:20124

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352783

6-30-1937

1:2400

1:3972

Not finalThis source map shows mostly drill holes and elevation data for coal less than 50 feet deep.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Depth, mining method.

ISGS Coal Section files, strip mine updates - Mine location.

Microfilm map, document 352783, reel 03140, frame 309 - Mine location.