Mine Index 0149 Crear-Clinch Coal Company, McClintock Mine

Mine Index Number: 0149

Company Name:	Crear-Clinch Coal Company
Mine Name:	McClintock Mine
Start Date:	1907	End Date:	March 1927
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	711
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (9 x 14 ft)

Williamson

8S 3E

19

NE SW NE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 3E

19

NE SW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

261

7.5

9.0

8.17

RPP, HERStippling that marks pillar extraction appears over most of the mine.

Geological Problems Reported

A 1924 gas explosion killed 33 men. The source map shows a fault in the northeastern part of the mine. Many unmined areas may indicate faulting or other geologic problems. The roof was a soft gray shale that required timbering. Top coal was left to support the roof, but it was soft and often fell. Numerous “charcoal” (fusain) lenses were present throughout the coal, as well as pyrite stringers and lenses. Slips were also present throughout the coal. The source map shows two areas where squeezes apparently limited mining, both in the center of the southernmost portion of the mine (SE SE 19-T8S-R3E).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Johnston City and St. Louis Coal Company (add)	Johnston City and St. Louis No. 1 (add)	1907-1908	5,712

Standard Colliery Company (add)	Standard No. 2 (add)	1908-1911	123,612

Standard Colliery Company (add)	McClintock (add)	1911-1915	954,187

Searls Coal Company (add)	McClintock (add)	1915-1923	2,999,738

Crear-Clinch Coal Company (add)	McClintock (add)	1923-1927 Reported idle 1928-1931, but never reopened	846,430

Total Production: 4,929,679

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353213

6-1-1927

1:2400

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353213, reel 03142, frames 132 & 133 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.