Mine Index 3001 Clover Leaf Coal Company, Clover Leaf No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3001

Company Name:	Clover Leaf Coal Company
Mine Name:	Clover Leaf No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1889	End Date:	1908
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	137
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

Montgomery

8N 3W

35

SW SE SW

Air shaft

Montgomery

8N 3W

35

SE SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

534-562

7.0-8.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Coffeen Coal and Coke Company (add)	Coffeen (add)	1889-1900	878,898

Coffeen Coal and Coke Company (add)	Coffeen (add)	1900-1901	8,000

Clover Leaf Coal Company (add)	Clover Leaf No. 1 (add)	1901-1908	484,939

Total Production: 1,371,837

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

Final

State archive, MSHA_412_04

7-14-1915

1:1200

1:1430

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Montgomery County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.

Microfilm map, document 352580, reel 03139, frame 377 - Mine outline (southern half), mining method.

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