Mine Index 0697 Peabody Coal Company, Will Scarlet Mine

Mine Index Number: 0697

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Will Scarlet Mine
Start Date:	1953	End Date:	1987
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	4,474 This area includes many other pits elsewhere in Saline and Williamson Counties.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Williamson

10S 4E

24

SE NE NW

Geology

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

Dekoven

25-35

3.17-3.46

Surface

Davis

42-76

3.42

Surface

Houchin Creek

2.0

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

An igneous dike was present 500 feet south of the north section line of sections 13 and 14. This dike was 15 feet wide. About 10 feet southwest of the main dike, a smaller dike cut through the Davis Coal. Another smaller (2 to 3 feet wide) dike was present about 500 to 600 feet southwest of the main dike. These dikes were near a 100-foot wide graben. The overburden was mainly sandstone and shale, which was fractured in some locations. This made the highwall expensive to maintain and dangerous to work near. Calcite was present in the coal as fracture fillings. Pyrite was present in lenses and fracture fillings. Some of the seams had high sulfur and ash content (as well as high Btu values) and were not mined at all locations.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Stonefort Corporation (add)	Will Scarlet (add)	1953-1959	4,242,962Production from 1953-1978 was reported in Williamson County, and production 1979-1987 was reported in Saline County.

Stonefort Coal Mining Corporation (add)	Will Scarlet (add)	1960-1967	6,811,916Production from 1953-1978 was reported in Williamson County, and production 1979-1987 was reported in Saline County.

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Will Scarlet (add)	1968-1978	8,797,151Production from 1953-1978 was reported in Williamson County, and production 1979-1987 was reported in Saline County.

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Will Scarlet (add)	1979-1987	6,208,992Production from 1953-1978 was reported in Williamson County, and production 1979-1987 was reported in Saline County.

Total Production: 26,061,021

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, Coal Section files

1-1-1989

1:12000

1:12000

Final

Microfilm, document 353298

7-16-1959

1:12000

1:24000

Not final

USGS topographic map

1961, PR 1990

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

USGS topographic map

1965, PR 1990

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

USGS topographic map

1961, PR 1990

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 353298, reel 03142, frame 257 - Mine location, mine outline (T10S-R4E-13,14,15).

Company map, Coal Section files - Mine outline, mining method.

USGS topographic map, Carrier Mills 7.5-minute Quadrangle, 1961, Photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.

USGS topographic map, Crab Orchard 7.5-minute Quadrangle, 1965, Photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.

USGS topographic map, Harrisburg 7.5-minute Quadrangle, 1961, Photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.