Mine Index Number: 7264
| Company Name:
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Briar Bluff Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Briar Bluff Mine
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| Start Date:
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1888
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End Date:
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1907
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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42
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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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| Drift
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Henry
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17N 1E
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20
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SE NE NE
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| Drift
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Henry
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17N 1E
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20
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SE NE NE
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| Drift
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Henry
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17N 1E
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20
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SE NE NE
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Geology
| Rock Island
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25-30
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|
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3.0-4.0
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RP
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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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| Total Production: 131,021
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Atlas of Henry County
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1875
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, seam, depth, thickness, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Henry County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Atlas of Henry County, 1875 - Drift locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The source used for the mine location is dated 1875. It is likely that mining occurred on the Glenn land much longer than this reported production indicates. See the unlocated mines at the back of the report.
- ↑ Idle 1894
- ↑ Idle (or operated under another name; see the unlocated mines at the back of this report) 1896 and 1897
- ↑ Idle 1901
