Mine Index Number: 0036
| Company Name:
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Peabody Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peabody No. 52 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1894
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End Date:
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March 1932
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2,995
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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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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| Main shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 4W
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10
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2550 FSL, 2630 FEL
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 4W
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9
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NE NE SW Additional air shafts are shown west of the main shaft complex, which were the hoist and escape shafts for Riverton No. 1 Mine (mine index 3345). The workings were connected underground.
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 4W
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22
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NW SW NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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232
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5.8
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6.2
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5.9
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was black shale that ranged from 2.5 to 4.0 feet thick. Pyrite bands and black jack were present as impurities in the coal.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 10,731,290
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351228
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5-20-1932
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1:2400
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1:4800
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Final
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| State archive, IL_451
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9-21-1951
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 351228, reel 03134, frames 445-453 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| State archive, IL_451, map of Peabody No. 57 Mine (mine index 37), courtesy of Robert Gibson, IDNR - Air shaft (southern).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351228
Map Date: 5-20-1932
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Co.
Mine Name: Peabody No. 52 Mine
Photographs
