Mine Index Number: 0679
| Company Name:
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Peabody Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peabody No. 17 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1949
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End Date:
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1957
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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3,311
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Christian
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11N 1E
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28
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SE NE SW
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| Air shaft
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Christian
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11N 1E
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28
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NE SE SW
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| Shaft This is a probable shaft location. The source map appears to indicate a shaft, and it is unlikely that a mine of this size would have only a single shaft and air shaft.
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Christian
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10N 1E
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4
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SW NW SW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
The roof was 3 to 15 feet of shale that came down readily. One roof fall was noted with about 8 feet of gray shale above the coal, and the rubble included occasional nodules over 1 foot across, and slickensided surfaces of rubble. The falls proceeded upward to the limestone above the shale. Various methods of roof support were practiced, including roof bolting, timbers, combinations of roof bolting with timbers, and top coal alone or with roof bolts or timbers. About 1.5 feet of top coal was left to support the roof. Pyrite was present in the seam in bands, lenses and nodules. The seam also had some shale bands. The product was used, unwashed, to fuel a nearby power plant, and excess slagging of the boilers indicate that impurities in the seam were higher than desired.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 4103.C4 i5.1-13
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1-1-1958
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1:12000
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1:12000
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Christian County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Christian County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library 4103.C4 i5.1-13 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Company: 4103.C4 i5.1-13
Map Date: 1-1-1958
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name: Peabody No. 17 Mine
Image Credit: Illinois State Geological Survey
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