Mine Index 0661 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 58 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0661

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 58 Mine
Start Date:	1901	End Date:	1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4,817
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Christian

13N 2W

33

SW NW NE

Escape shaft

Christian

13N 2W

33

SW NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

480

6.5

9.0

7.7

BRP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was a very good black shale and required no top coal to hold it up. The coal from this mine was of a superior quality, even compared to the Peabody No. 9 Mine (mine index 219) nearby. The visible impurities were in the form of pyrite bands in the middle band of the seam and were few and easily removed, which was not the case with the visible impurities of the coal from the Peabody No. 9 Mine coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Christian County Coal Company (add)	Taylorville (add)	1901-1915	3,175,613

Springfield District Coal Company (add)	Springfield District No. 8Although the Coal Report indicates that Springfield No. 6 Mine (mine index 731) had a name change to Springfield District No. 8, the reserves were combined with the recently closed Taylorville Mine, and the coal was hoisted from this shaft. The production from the No. 8 Mine is assigned to this index number by the ISGS convention of shafts retaining the same index number. (add)	1916-1918	734,957

Springfield District Coal Mining Company (add)	Springfield District No. 58 (add)	1918-1924	2,086,795

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 58 (add)	1924-1952	24,900,213

Total Production: 30,897,578

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company

3-28-1952

1:24000

1:24000

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Christian County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.C4 i5.1-12 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.