Mine Index 0044 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 43 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0044

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 43 Mine
Start Date:	1910	End Date:	February 1942
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,067
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 shaft (10x20)

Saline

9S 6E

17

SE SE NE

Air shaft (10x14)

Saline

9S 6E

17

SE SE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

267-274

4.67

7.0-8.0

6.25-7.25

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

A gas explosion occurred in 1923, killing one man. The east-west-trending Cottage Grove Fault System bisects the mine. Subsidiary northwest-southeast trending faults were present throughout the mine. In some places, faulting interfered with the mining plan, causing several blocks of coal to be left unmined. Pillar and roof failure noted on the source map indicated faulted zones. At least one fault had 3 feet of displacement, another 6 feet. Dikes were also present, following the same trend as the faults. The roof was composed of 65 feet of gray shale, some of which came down in small, irregular lenticular pieces. Pyrite concretions in the roof occurred only in parts of the mine. Slips were present in the roof and the coal, generally parallel to the faults. The coal contained pyrite in bands, lenses and concretions scattered throughout the seam. The coal bed lay in hills and swags; the hills were like knolls and the coal dipped from the crest in all directions. The floor was fireclay at least 2 feet thick, but no heaving was reported.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Saline County Coal Company (add)	Saline County No. 3 (add)	1910-1919	4,069,469

Big Creek Coal Company (add)	Big Creek No. 3 (add)	1919-1921	1,014,310

Big Creek Coals, Inc. (add)	Big Creek No. 3 (add)	1921-1923	980,206

Saline County Coal Corporation (add)	Saline County No. 3 (add)	1923-1927	2,968,449

Saline County Coal Corporation (add)	Saline County No. 43 (add)	1928-1928	206,634

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 43 (add)	1929-1942	3,924,433

Total Production: 13,163,501

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-62

3-3-1942

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft sizes, geologic problems.

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-62 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.