Mine Index 4028 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4028

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1897	End Date:	1916
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,019 with a 22-acre general area of mining (some of which has been truncated by later surface mining); connected underground to Peabody No. 1 (mine index 4026) and Peabody No. 3 (mine index 60). Boundaries between the mines could not be differentiated.
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 slope

Williamson

9S 2E

11

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

78-84

7.0-9.0

RP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Ohio and Mississippi Valley Coal and Mining Company (add)	Ohio and Mississippi Valley No. 2 (add)	1897-1900	243,343

Southern Illinois Coal Mining and Washing Company (add)	Southern Illinois No. 2 (add)	1900-1904	639,461

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 2 (add)	1904-1916	1,419,571

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-143

8-4-1932

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, seam.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-143 - Slope location, mine outline, mining method.