Mine Index 6046 George McCleary, Yates City Mine

Mine Index Number: 6046

Company Name:	George McCleary
Mine Name:	Yates City Mine
Start Date:	1916	End Date:	1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	37
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

Knox

9N 4E

23

NW SW SE

Air shaft

Knox

9N 4E

23

NW SW SE

Geology

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

Springfield

70-80

4.0-4.5

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bowman (W. H.) Coal Company (add)	Bowman (add)	1916-1926	40,735

Otis Bowman Coal Company (add)	Bowman (add)	1927-1937	41,409

Yates City Colliery Company (add)	Yates City No. 2 (add)	1937-1941	11,897

George McCleary (add)	Yates City (add)	1941-1942	1,190

Total Production: 95,231

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352462

7-22-1942

1:1200

1:1821

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Knox County) - Mine location.

ISGS field notes (Knox County) - Mine type, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351462, reel 03139, frame 143 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.