1041

Mine Index Number: 1041

Company Name:	Knight Hawk Coal, LLC
Mine Name:	Prairie Eagle Underground Mine
Start Date:	2006	End Date:	Active
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7,002
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 drift, north mine

Perry

5S 4W

30

NE NE NW

Air drifts (3)

Perry

5S 4W

30

NE NE NW

Belt drift

Perry

5S 4W

30

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

120

6.0

CRP

Geological Problems Reported

Geologic problems are not reported for active mines.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Knight Hawk Coal, LLC (add)	Prairie Eagle Underground (add)	2006-	44,982,479 The production shown is through 2022, the latest available Coal Report.

Total Production: 44,982,479

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 6-426N

3-15-2022

1:4800

1:4800

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) - Drift location.

Company map, Coal Section files, 6-426N - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.