Mine Index Number: 0440
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Peabody Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peabody No. 57 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1882
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End Date:
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June 1950
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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4,171
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| Acres after map date:
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| No. 1 shaft [1]
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Sangamon
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16N 5W
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26
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NW SE SW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| No. 2 shaft [2]
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Sangamon
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16N 5W
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35
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SW NE NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 5W
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35
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SW NE NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| 36" air shaft
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Sangamon
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15N 5W
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1
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NW NW NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| 36" air shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 4W
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33
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SW NW NE
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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16N 5W
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36
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SE NE NE
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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240
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5.5
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 19,306,483
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 351248
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6-30-1950
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1:4800
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1:8220
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Final
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47
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3-25-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Secondary source
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| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps
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1896
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1:480
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1:480
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Secondary source [4]
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 351248, reel 03134, frames 498-500 - Shaft locations, size of air shafts, mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47, map of Peabody No. 55 Mine (Mine Index 3340) - Shaft location, mine outline.
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| Bibliography
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| Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884, 1890, 1896, 1917 - Shaft locations for No. 1 and No. 2 shafts.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IL_67_01
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_67_01
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| Company:
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Peabody Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peabody No. 57
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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06-30-1950
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M0440 IL 67 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/sangamon/m0440 IL 67 01.zip
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Mine Map: Sanborn Map Company, 1896
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Sanborn
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| Map ID:
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Sanborn Map Company, 1896
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| Company:
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| Mine Name:
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| Caption:
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois. Sanborn Map Company, 1896. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn02163_003.
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| Map Date:
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1896
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| Map Status:
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Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, Sanborn Maps Collection.
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| Note:
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Image clipped from the Sanborn, not georegistered. Used to give an uncertain point location for Capital Mine Shaft Number 1.
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| More Info:
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M0440 sanborn 1896
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/sangamon/m0440 sanborn 1896.tif
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Photographs
Additional Notes
Notes
- ↑ No. 1 and No. 2 were both used as hoisting shafts from 1888 to 1901. After 1901, the No. 1 shaft was utilized for ventilation and escapement only.
- ↑ No. 1 and No. 2 were both used as hoisting shafts from 1888 to 1901. After 1901, the No. 1 shaft was utilized for ventilation and escapement only.
- ↑ Years of operation and production before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 55 acres were mined.
- ↑ Shaft No. 1 was shown on the Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps with a clear relationship between the shaft location, streets and railroads. Mining was not indicated by the mine map in the immediate vicinity of the shaft location. A small area of probable mining was placed around the No. 1 shaft connecting it with the area of known mining.
