Mine Index 2851 McKinley Kear, Kear No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2851

Company Name:	McKinley Kear
Mine Name:	Kear No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1936	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	Less than 1
Production Indicated Acres:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Marshall

12N 9E

11

NW NE SW

Air drift

Marshall

12N 9E

11

NW NE SW

“New” drift

Marshall

12N 9E

11

NW NE SW

Geology

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

Danville

90

3.5

RPB

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

McKinley Kear (add)	Kear No. 1 (add)	1936-1938	1,932

McKinley Kear (add)	Kear No. 1 (add)	1939-1942	2,537

Total Production: 4,469

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352298

1-10-1939

1:1200

1:1200

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Marshall County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352298, reel 03138, frame 370 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.