Mine Index 4545 T. Bielby, Bielby Slope

Mine Index Number: 4545

Company Name:	T. Bielby
Mine Name:	Bielby Slope
Start Date:	Circa 1875	End Date:	Unknown
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Slope

Macoupin

10N 9W

29

NE NE NW

Geology

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

HerrinThis seam has been assumed from nearby mines. A different seam may have been mined.

12

6 2 feet of coal was said to have been left for top.

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

T. Bielby This mine may be connected to or the same mine as index 2922, which is about 900' to the east. That mine was said to have opened in 1878 by Thomas Beibly, which is likely a different spelling of the last name for the same person. Mine index 2922 was said to have been a drift from 1878-1887, which could indicate that the drift production may be tied to the 4545 location and that the drift portion of the mine in fact opened earlier than 1878. (add)	Bielby Slope (add)	circa 1875	Unknown

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Federal Land Bank Report

4-1934

1:126720

1:126720

Secondary source

Atlas of Macoupin County

1875

1:31680

1:31680

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Macoupin County) - Mine location.

Federal Land Bank Report (Macoupin County) - Mine location, general area of mining.

Atlas of Macoupin County and the State of Illinois, 1875, Chicago: Warner & Beers, 93 p. - Mine location, ownership.

History of Macoupin County, 1879, Philadelphia: Brink, McDonough & Co., 228 p. - Mine name, ownership, depth, thickness.