Mine Index 0533 Peabody Coal Company, St. Ellen Mine

Mine Index Number: 0533

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	St. Ellen Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	June 1960
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	3,835
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft

St. Clair

2N 8W

26

SE SE SW

Slope

St. Clair

2N 8W

35

NW NW NE

Air shaft

St. Clair

2N 7W

31

SW NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

210

7.0-7.5

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Joseph Taylor Coal Company (add)	St. Ellen (add)	1904-1915	1,554,245

Fisher Fuel Company (add)	St. Ellen (add)	1915-1916	19,026

St. Ellen Coal Company (add)	St. Ellen (add)	1916-1918	658,991

Perry County Coal Corporation (add)	St. Ellen (add)	1918-1921	1,109,245

Perry Coal Company (add)	St. Ellen (add)	1921-1957 Idle July 1924 to June 1925	14,483,445

Peabody Coal Company (add)	St. Ellen (add)	1957-1960	4,124,452

Total Production: 21,949,404

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-54

5-21-1960

1:4800

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Shaft location, mine type, seam, thickness.

Federal Land Bank Report (St. Clair County) - Depth, thickness.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-54 - Shaft and slope locations, mine outline, method.