Mine Index 0108 Crescent Coal Company, Crescent No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0108

Company Name:	Crescent Coal Company
Mine Name:	Crescent No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1918	End Date:	August 1930
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,260
Production Indicated Acres:	10	General Area of mining acres shown:
The boundary between Crescent No. 2 and Groveland No. 1 Mine (mine index 0810) could not be discerned. The outline shown on the accompanying map includes both mines.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Tazewell

25N 4W

18

NE NE NE

Air shaft

Tazewell

25N 4W

18

NE SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

165

3.8

4.75

4.33

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

A heavy sandstone with a very uneven lower surface was persistent from 1 to 10 feet above the coal. This sandstone contained a great deal of water and the mine was consequently very wet. The sandstone eroded the coal in two areas of the mine, one for a distance of 90 feet. Some minor faulting was noted, generally associated with horsebacks, which were numerous in the southwestern part of the mine. Some horsebacks were 1 foot across and extended 2 feet into the seam. The upper 1.5 feet of the coal had pyrite present as fracture facings and lenses (1 by 3 inches). The underclay was over 8 feet thick and heaved in the old workings.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Groveland Coal Mining Company (add)	Groveland No. 2 (add)	1918-1925	2,248,872

Crescent Coal Company (add)	Crescent No. 2 (add)	1925-1928	706,011

Crescent Coal Company (add)	Crescent No. 2 (add)	1928-1930	46,249

Total Production: 3,001,132

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, MSHA_670_03

1-1-1930

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Company, PB_902_03

1-1-1927

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Tazewell County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State archive map, MSHA_670_03 - Mine outline (southern, northeastern & eastern), shaft, southern air shaft, mining method.

State archive map, PB_902_03 - Mine outline (northwestern), slope& western air shafts locations.