Mine Index 0075 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 54 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0075

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 54 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	December 1926
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,120
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 (8.5 ft x 14 ft)

Sangamon

13N 6W

15

SE NE SW

Air shaft (8.5 ft x 15.8 ft)

Sangamon

13N 6W

15

SE NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

301-308

4.5

11.0

7.0-7.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

An overlying sandstone bed cut into the coal in some areas of the mine, but the roof over most of the mine was black shale. Top coal was left to support the roof. Small rolls and slips were also present in the coal. Pyrite balls were found in masses in the coal. The fireclay floor heaved in wet areas of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Black Diamond Coal Company (add)	Black Diamond (add)	1904-1915	2,739,895

Springfield District Coal Mining Company (add)	Springfield District No. 4 (add)	1915-1918	1,248,341

Springfield District Coal Mining Company (add)	Springfield District No. 54 (add)	1918-1924	1,896,704

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 54 (add)	1924-1926	498,624

Total Production: 6,383,564

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_359_03

9-1-1927

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

State archive, IL_359_03 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.