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Mine Index Number: 0952

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Baldwin Mine
Start Date:	1972	End Date:	1993
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7,183
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

Randolph

4S 6W

4

NE SE NW

Air shaft

Randolph

4S 6W

4

SW SW NE

Air shaft

Randolph

4S 6W

4

NW SW NE

Air shaft

Randolph

4S 5W

7

SE NW SW

Shaft (Sparta Portal)

Randolph

4S 5W

7

NW SE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

125

6.0-6.5

BRP

Geological Problems Reported

Slips were noted in the Anna Shale above the coal. The slips sometimes caused roof falls up to the Brereton Limestone. Some roof falls went across four entries and affected several rooms. Concretions were present in the black shale as well, and were up to 2 inches thick and more than 12 inches long. In some places the roof consisted of pods or lenses of gray Energy Shale. Some slips were present in the Energy Shale, but fewer than in the Anna Shale, and some rolls were present in the Energy Shale.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Baldwin (add)	1972-1993	36,325,644

Total Production: 36,325,644

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, Coal Section files

3-25-1994

1:6000

1:6000

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Randolph County) - Mine type, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, Coal Section files - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.