Mine Index 0815 Crear-Clinch Coal Company, Duncan Mine

Mine Index Number: 0815

Company Name:	Crear-Clinch Coal Company
Mine Name:	Duncan Mine
Start Date:	1903	End Date:	March 1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	300
Acres after map date:	2	General Area of mining acres shown:
The southern part of the mine was partially surface-mined by the Admiral No. 1 Mine (mine index 3968).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

29

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

29

NW SW SE

Geology

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

Herrin

92

8.58 (6.75-9.0)

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

An explosion of gas in 1922 killed one man.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

St. Louis-Carterville Coal Company (add)	Walnut Ridge (add)	1903-1908	390,865

St. Louis-Carterville Coal Company (add)	Dale (add)	1908-1916	967,623

Duncan Coal Company (add)	Dale (add)	1916-1923	1,088,147

Crear-Clinch Coal Company (add)	Duncan (add)	1923-1924	54,199

Crear-Clinch Coal Company (add)	Duncan (add)	1924-1924	14,222 Production after map date

Total Production: 2,515,056

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 353205

2-22-1924

1:2400

1:5628

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 353205, reel 03142, frame 114 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.