Mine Index Number: 0157
Company Name:
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Peabody Coal Company
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Mine Name:
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Peabody No. 26 Mine
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Start Date:
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1901
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End Date:
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December 1929
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Type of Mine:
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Underground
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Total acres shown:
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925 [1]
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Acres after map date:
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27
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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Main shaft (9 x 13 ft)
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Williamson
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8S 2E
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25
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NW NE SE
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Air shaft
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Williamson
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8S 2E
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25
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NW NE SE
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Geology
Herrin
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125
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6.0
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9.0
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8.0
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MRP
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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
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Total Production: 6,252,931
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-137
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3-23-1929
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft size (1901).
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Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Williamson County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft and air shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-137 - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.
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W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County, 2003 - Geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
ISGS map library: 4103.W52 i5.1-137
Map Date: 3-23-1929
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name: Peabody No. 26 Mine
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Idle 1909
- ↑ Reported idle 1930-1933, but never reopened
- ↑ Production after map date