Mine Index 1036 Knight Hawk Coal, LLC, Prairie Eagle Surface Mine

Mine Index Number: 1036

Company Name:	Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Mine Name:	Prairie Eagle Surface Mine
Start Date:	2005	End Date:	2014
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	480
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit, north mineThe Prairie Eagle Mine operations are both north and south of a large pit of Streamline Mine (mine index 0872).

Perry

5S 4W

30

N1⁄2 NE

Pit, south mineThe Prairie Eagle Mine operations are both north and south of a large pit of Streamline Mine (mine index 0872).

Perry

5S 4W

31

S 1⁄2

Geology

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

Herrin

70-120

6.0

Surface, auger

Springfield Mining is not shown on the accompanying map for the Springfield Coal, as the source maps do not clearly indicate where the Springfield Coal was mined.

Surface, auger

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC (add)	Prairie Eagle Surface (add)	2005-2014	3,572,720

Total Production: 3,572,720

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 6-426K

3-27-2019

1:6000

1:6000

Final

Company, 6-463D

3-19-2013

1:3600

1:3600

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Perry County) - Mine location.

Company map, Coal Section files, 6-426K - Mine outline (north of Mine Index 1036), mining method.

Company Map, Coal Section files, 6-463D - Mine outline (south of Mine Index 1036), mining method.