Mine Index 0621 Peabody Coal Company, Middle Grove Mine

Mine Index Number: 0621

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Middle Grove Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1968
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	16,152 (7,733 in the Herrin Coal and 8,419 in the Springfield Coal). The area shown is larger than expected for the reported production. Production indicates approximately 5,500 acres were mined. It is likely that production was not recorded, such as years when production was reported for only Fulton County or only Knox County.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

Fulton

8N 3E

2

SE SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

15-48

3.07-4.07

Surface

Springfield

56-75

3.0-3.83

Surface

Geological Problems Reported

The Herrin Coal sometimes had up to 4 inches of bone coal at the bottom of the seam. The Springfield Coal included horsebacks that reduced production.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Midland Electric Coal Corporation (add)	Middle Grove No. 2 (add)	1933-1963	20,970,266 Production, although listed in Fulton County, may include some Knox County production. All production from 1954 to 1962 was listed in Knox County, although mining did take place in Fulton County in that time period. The mine notes indicate that as many as 25 pits were operating at the same time.

Midland Electric Coal Corporation (add)	Middle Grove No. 085, Rapatee No. 2 (add)	1942-1963	14,333,136 Knox County production; idle 1947

Midland Electric Coal Corporation (add)	Middle Grove No. 085 (add)	1963-1967	6,162,061

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Middle Grove (add)	1968-1968	561,763

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 10-9-7

3-1978

1:12000

1:12000

Not final

NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangles

2004

1:6000

1:6000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, depth, geologic problems.

Company map, Coal Section files, 10-9-7 - Mine outline.

National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, 2004 - Mine outline.

ISGS map library, 4102 i5.1-122 (8-1959) - Pit identification.