Mine Index Number: 0038
| Company Name:
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Peabody Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peabody No. 53 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1887
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End Date:
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July 1944
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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3,115
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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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15N 5W
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3
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SE NW SW
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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15N 5W
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3
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SE NW SE
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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15N 5W
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3
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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250
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4.5
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6.3
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5.8
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof consisted of up to 4 feet of black shale. The chief impurity of the coal was the presence of clay veins or "horsebacks" up to 6 feet wide. The horsebacks commonly extended up into the roof but did not extend down into the floor
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: 13,891,097
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351212
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7-31-1944
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1:2400
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1:9748
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Final
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| Company, 4103.S33 i5.1-50
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11-15-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not 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, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Microfilm map, document 351212, reel 03134, frames 403-404 - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-50 - Shaft locations, mine type.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Map library: 4103.S33 i5.1-50, sheet 3
Map Date: 11-15-1930
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Co.
Mine Name: Peabody No. 53 Mine
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Microfilm: 351212
Map Date: 7-31-1944
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Co.
Mine Name: Peabody No. 53 Mine
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Photographs
Additional Notes
Additional Notes
