Mine Index 0631 Blu-Blaz Bloc Coal Company, Peacock Mine

Mine Index Number: 0631

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Blu-Blaz Bloc Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peacock Mine
Start Date:	1923	End Date:	April 1966
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	8
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 Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main drift	Gallatin	10S 9E	30	SW SW SE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air drift	Gallatin	10S 9E	30	SW SW SE

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Escape drift	Gallatin	10S 9E	30	SW SW SE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Willis	0-100	3.0	3.3	3.2	RPB

Geological Problems Reported

Faults were shown on the source map along the western boundary. Another fault was shown in the center of the mine, trending southwest-northeast. Displacement was not noted on the map, but mining stopped at the faults. The immediate roof was fine, soft, massive sandstone, which sometimes rolled into the coal for a few inches. The upper part of the coal sometimes contained localized clay partings. The coal was not mined where these partings were present. The coal had vertical fractures throughout the seam, and these were generally filled with clay or mud that was sticky and adhered to the coal. Some thin pyrite bands parallel to the bedding were noted in the seam.

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Ernest V. Schneider (add)	Schneider (add)	1923-1937	698

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Shawnee Coal Company (add)	Shawnee (add)	1938-1948	45

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Blue Blaze Coal Company (add)	Blue Blaze (add)	1949-1949	346

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Blu-Blaz Bloc Coal Company (add)	Blu Blaz No. 1 (add)	1950-1964	27,983

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Blu-Blaz Bloc Coal Company (add)	Peacock (add)	1965-1966	2,907

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 31,979

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 351556	2-6-1966	1:1200	1:1324	Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Bibliography
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Gallatin County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Bibliography
ISGS field notes (Gallatin County) - Seam, thickness.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 351556, reel 03136, frame 324 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.