Mine Index 0129 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 44 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0129

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 44 Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	174
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 (12.5x4)

Saline

9S 5E

15

SE NW NE

Air shaft (12.5x26.3)

Saline

9S 5E

15

NE NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

275 (260-285)

4.67

7.25

4.42-6.25

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

East-west trending faults were present in the northern and southern parts of the mine. The noted displacements on these faults were generally 1 to 5 feet, ranging up to 15 feet. They disrupted the mining pattern in the northwestern part of the mine. Northwest-southeast trending faults appear to have caused more difficulties with mining, especially one near the air shaft having 27 feet of displacement. The black shale roof was generally good. Some pyrite lenses were found in the seam. Rolls were noted on the source map in the eastern and northwestern parts of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Saline County Coal Company (add)	Saline County No. 4 (add)	1917-1921	none reported

Big Creek Coal Company (add)	Big Creek No. 4 (add)	1921-1923	182,700

Saline County Coal Corporation (add)	Saline County No. 4 (add)	1923-1927	777,624

Saline County Coal Corporation (add)	Saline County No. 44 (add)	1927-1928	149,297

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 44 (add)	1928-1929	none reported

Total Production: 1,109,621

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-13

6-18-1929

1:1200

1:1200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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.

ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-13 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mine type, geologic problems.