Mine Index 0180 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 14 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0180

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 14 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	February 1954
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4,093
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

Perry

6S 1W

23

SW SW NW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

23

SW SW NW

Air shaft

Perry

6S 1W

27

SE SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

403

13.0

8.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Faults and slips were noted at the mine. The slips required timbering. The faults had irregular displacement, sometimes only 12 inches. Top coal (2 to 4 feet) was left to support the roof, but this was pulled when the rooms were worked out. The roof was a light gray sandy shale that was 20 to 60 feet thick. As machine mining took over, usually only 6.33 feet of coal was mined. The blue band ranged from 1/4 to 3 inches thick. The seam had an irregular bottom surface. The floor was 6 feet of fire clay.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Equitable Coal Company (add)	Majestic (add)	1904-1905	44,402

Majestic Coal and Coke Company (add)	Majestic (add)	1905-1917	4,069,686

Equitable Coal and Coke Company (add)	Majestic (add)	1917-1923	2,592,895

Crear - Clinch Coal Company (add)	Majestic No. 14 (add)	1923-1937	6,350,906

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 14 (add)	1937-1954	14,048,015

Total Production: 27,105,904

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, msha_112

2-25-1954

1:12000

1:12000

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

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

State archive, msha_112 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.