Mine Index 3357   Barclay Coal Mining Company,   Barclay Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Sangamon unlocated
County: Sangamon
Quadrangle: Springfield East
Williamsville
County Coal Data: Sangamon
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 3357

Company Name: Barclay Coal Mining Company
Mine Name: Barclay Mine
Start Date: 1870 End Date: March 1916
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 573
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 Sangamon 17N 4W 35 NW SE SE
Air shaft Sangamon 17N 4W 35 SE SE SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 256 6.0 MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Barclay Coal Mining Company Barclay ca.1870-1915 [1] 2,493,490
Williamson and Denney Barclay 1916-1916 3,000
Total Production: 2,496,490

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 351228 5-20-1932 1:2400 1:5297 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, ownership.
Microfilm map, document 351228, reel 03134, frames 446-448, map of Peabody No. 52 Mine (mine index 36) - Shaft locations, mine outline.
Worthen et al., 1873 - Years of operation.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. The production and years of operation before 1881 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicated 75 acres were mined. The 1873 publication by A. H. Worthen et al. stated that the shaft had been sunk recently.