Mine Index Number: 4279
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Peabody Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Midwest Mine No. 3
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| Start Date:
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Unknown
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End Date:
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Unknown
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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427
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Production was likely reported under Midwest Strip Mine (mine index 0653).
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Surface (north pit)
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St. Clair
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1S 8W
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11,12,13,14
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Surface (south pit)
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St. Clair
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1S 8W
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13,14,23,24
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-61
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3-14-1969
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1:12000
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1:12000
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 351115
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12-1-1972
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1:1200
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1:1572
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Incomplete [2]
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| USGS topographic map
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1990
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-61 - Mine outline (north pit).
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351115, reel 03134, frame 241, map of Midwest Highwall No. 3 (mine index 4280) - Mine outline (east and southeast extent, south pit).
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| Bibliography
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| USGS (7.5') topographic map, Freeburg Quadrangle, 1990 - Mine outline (north and west extent, south pit).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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ISGS map library:
4103.S31 i5.1-61Map Date: 3-14-1969
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name: Midwest Strip Mine,Douglas Field Mine,Midwest Mine
Full Res Download
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Microfilm:
351115Map Date: 12-1-1972
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name: Midwest Highwall No. 3 Mine
Full Res Download
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production was not reported under this name. Production may have been reported under Midwest Mine (mine index 0653).
- ↑ Source map is primarily of the highwall mine that went in off the final cut of the surface mine.
