Mine Index Number: 0039
| Company Name:
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Peabody Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peabody No. 6 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1904
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End Date:
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March 1927
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2,009
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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 10 ft x 20 ft
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Sangamon
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17N 5W
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36
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400FSL, 1150 FEL
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The black shale roof was 2 to 3 ft thick and contained concretions that sometimes extended down into the coal. The concretions were up to 2 ft in diameter. The coal was clean with occasional pyrite bands (up to 1 inch thick) that were irregular and not extensive. A large number of horsebacks were seen, normally 2 to 4 inches across, that often extended through the entire thickness of the coal. The coal was frozen to the fire clay 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: 9,177,640
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 351220
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1931
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1:2400
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1:5640
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Final This map has several areas that appear to be unmined, but they are probably areas of old workings that the surveyors were not able to access. We consider these to be mined-out.
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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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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Microfilm map, document 351220, reel 03134, frames 414-419 - Mine outline, shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Microfilm: 351220
Map Date: 1931
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Co.
Mine Name: Peabody No. 6 Mine
Photographs
