Mine Index 0051 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 19 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0051

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 19 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	June 1936
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,915
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

Franklin

7S 3E

18

Center SE SW

Air shaft

Franklin

7S 3E

18

1100 FSL, 2050 FWL

Geology

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

Herrin

500

9.0

11.0

10.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The mine had gas problems; eight people were killed in four explosions between 1907 and 1925. One or two small faults were reported. The shale roof was soft and projected into the coal in several places as rolls. Generally 3 feet of top coal was left to protect the roof. Sulfur balls were scattered through the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Dering Coal Company (add)	Dering No. 11 (add)	1904-1908	659,781

Brazil Block Coal Company (add)	Brazil Block No. 11 (add)	1908-1911	808,564

Dering Coal Company (add)	Dering No. 11 (add)	1911-1915	967,681

Producers Coal Company (add)	Producers No. 19 (add)	1915-1916	254,826

By-Products Coal Corporation (add)	By-Products No. 19 (add)	1916-1922	1,668,873

Industrial Coal Company (add)	Industrial No. 19 (add)	1922-1927	2,928,714

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 19 (add)	1927-1936	4,844,040

Total Production: 12,132,479

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351419

7-1936

1:2400

1:2813

Final

Microfilm, document 351453

7-1-1960

1:2400

1:5296

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Franklin County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351419, reel 03136, frames 54-62 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Microfilm map, document 351453, reel 03136, frames 160-171, map of Orient No. 2 Mine (mine index 366) - Mine outline (southwestern extension).