Mine Index 0440 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 57 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0440

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 57 Mine
Start Date:	1882	End Date:	June 1950
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4,171
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

No. 1 shaft 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.

Sangamon

16N 5W

26

NW SE SW

No. 2 shaft 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.

Sangamon

16N 5W

35

SW NE NW

Air shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

35

SW NE NW

36" air shaft

Sangamon

15N 5W

1

NW NW NW

36" air shaft

Sangamon

16N 4W

33

SW NW NE

Air shaft

Sangamon

16N 5W

36

SE NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

240

5.5

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Capital Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Capital No. 1 (add)	pre1882-1901 Years of operation and production before 1882 are not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 55 acres were mined.	767,129

Capital Cooperative Coal Company (add)	Capital No. 2 (add)	1887-1915	3,889,253

Springfield District Coal Company (add)	Springfield District No. 7 (add)	1915-1918	620,574

Springfield District Coal Company (add)	Springfield District No. 57 (add)	1918-1924	1,427,019

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 57 (add)	1924-1950	12,604,508

Total Production: 19,306,483

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351248

6-30-1950

1:4800

1:8220

Final

ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47

3-25-1930

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

1896

1:480

1:480

Secondary source 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.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351248, reel 03134, frames 498-500 - Shaft locations, size of air shafts, mine outline.

ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47, map of Peabody No. 55 Mine (Mine Index 3340) - Shaft location, mine outline.

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps, 1884, 1890, 1896, 1917 - Shaft locations for No. 1 and No. 2 shafts.