Mine Index 0157 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 26 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0157

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 26 Mine
Start Date:	1901	End Date:	December 1929
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	925 This mine is connected underground in numerous places to the workings of the Oak Ridge Mine (mine index 322), in the northwest part of Peabody No. 26 Mine.
Acres after map date:	27	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (9 x 13 ft)

Williamson

8S 2E

25

NW NE SE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 2E

25

NW NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

125

6.0

9.0

8.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The northern part of the mine had northwest-trending faults of the Cottage Grove Fault System and north-northwest-trending high-angle normal faults of the White Ash Fault Zone in the western part of the mine. The roof was a massive gray shale over the entire mine, ranging from 2 inches to over 10 feet. In the eastern part of the mine, it ranged from 2 to 36 inches and came down readily. Where possible, 1 to 2 feet of coal were left to support the roof. The upper surface of the coal was very irregular. There were many slips in the roof, which allowed much water to come into the mine. Some slips and rolls were present in the coal. Slips also necessitated timbering. One roll came down into the coal 2 feet and was 50 feet long. The coal remained full thickness. Pyrite lenses and stringers, and calcite and gypsum fracture fillings were present in the coal. The floor was 2 inches to 4 feet of hard brittle dark gray shale. Where this clay shale was thick and the rooms were cut too wide, the floor tended to heave if it became wet, or else the roof came down.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Virginia Coal Company (add)	New Virginia No. 1 (add)	1901-1906	545,221

Consumers Coal Company (add)	Consumers No. 1 (add)	1906-1909 Idle 1909	148,442

Big Muddy Fuel Company (add)	New Virginia No. 26 (add)	1909-1920	2,192,177

Big Muddy Coal Company (add)	Big Muddy No. 26 (add)	1920-1927	2,916,108

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 26 (add)	1928-1929	269,354

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 26 (add)	1929-1929 Reported idle 1930-1933, but never reopened	181,629 Production after map date

Total Production: 6,252,931

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-137

3-23-1929

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft size (1901).

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-137 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.

W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County, 2003 - Geologic problems.