Mine Index 0166 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 16 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0166

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 16 Mine
Start Date:	1900	End Date:	January 1927
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	255
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
A small portion of the western side of this mine was later surface-mined by the S Mine (mine index 1027).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft This mine is connected underground to Carterville No. 3 Mine (mine index 0812).

Williamson

8S 1E

33

NW NE NW

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 1E

33

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

74-100

8.0-9.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Much surface water entered the mine through slips in the overlying shale, even coming in as a constant flow in the northern part of the mine. In a few places in the northern part of the mine, the roof consisted of 6 to 18 inches of fissile shale that would fall when the top coal came down, and the fall would propagate upward several feet. Whenever possible, 20 to 24 inches of top coal was left to support the roof. The floor was a soft green shale that heaved when the entries were too wide. Squeezes were reported in the western part of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Independent Coal Company (add)	Independent (add)	1900-1902	150,000

Carterville and Big Muddy Coal Company (add)	John, Carterville No. 1 (add)	1902-1922	2,096,322

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 16 (add)	1922-1927 Idle 1924	92,498

Total Production: 2,338,820

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4102.W52 i5.1-135

9-1-1927

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4102.W52 i5.1-135 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.