Mine Index 0442 Clover Leaf Coal Company, Clover Leaf No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0442

Company Name:	Clover Leaf Coal Company
Mine Name:	Clover Leaf No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	March 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	399
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 (11'x22')

Montgomery

7N 3W

3

NE SE NE

Air shaft This air shaft was completed in 1913. The mine was connected to Clover Leaf No. 1 Mine (mine index 3001), whichsufficed for the initial ventilation and escape way.

Montgomery

7N 3W

3

SW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

510-544

6.0-8.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was a massive black shale, with sandstone above. Rolls were present in the mine. The source map shows many unmined areas within the mine outline. The reason these areas were not mined is not specified in the mine notes or on the source map, but water-bearing sands above the roof shale could contribute to roof problems.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Clover Leaf Coal Mining Company (add)	Clover Leaf No. 2 (add)	1906-1916	1,098,726

Coffeen Coal Mining Company (add)	Coffeen No. 2 (add)	1916-1920	488,616

Clover Leaf Coal Company According to the mine notes, Cosgrove Meehan Coal Company owned or operated the mine. (add)	Clover Leaf No. 4 (add)	1920-1924 Idle 1922	251,515

Total Production: 1,838,857

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352580

7-1923

1:2400

1:4800

Not final

State archive, MSHA_412_04

7-14-1915

1:1200

1:1430

Not final

State archive, IL_2441_01

4-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mine type, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Montgomery County) - Shaft location, seam, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 352580, reel 03139, frame 377 - Mine outline (southwestern), geologic problems.

State Archive, MSHA_412, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Mine outline (northern half), mining method.

State Archive, IL_2441_01, courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Shaft locations, mine outline (southern half), mining method.