Mine Index 0693 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 10 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0693

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 10 Mine
Start Date:	1951	End Date:	1994
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	24,808
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 slope

Christian

13N 4W

10

SE NW SW

Air shaft

Christian

13N 4W

11

NE NE SE

19th North air shaft

Sangamon

13N 4W

30

SW NW SW

South man / air shaft

Sangamon

13N 4W

29

SW SW SW

Air shaft

Christian

13N 4W

26

SW SW SW

Main South air shaft #2

Christian

13N 4W

34

SE SE NE

Zenobia man shaft

Christian

12N 4W

2

NW NW SW

Air shaft

Christian

12N 4W

2

NE NW SW

North air shaft

Christian

14N 4W

27

SE SE SE

North man shaft

Christian

14N 4W

27

SE SE SE

4th East air shaft

Christian

14N 4W

35

NE NW NE

4th West air shaft

Sangamon

14N 4W

32

NE NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

300-380

13.0

6.5-7.5 The coal was averaged 6.5 feet thick under limestone roof and 7.5 feet thick under Anna Shale. Generally, 2 to 3 feet of top coal was left to support the roof.

BRP

Geological Problems Reported

This mine extended about 11 miles in the north-south direction and 7 miles in the eastwest direction, and geologic conditions were diverse. A large normal fault was encountered that halted expansion in the northeastern part of the mine. Displacement was 7 to 15 feet downthrown to the northeast. This fault, or set of parallel faults, extended over 2 miles N-NW and southward into NW SE NW 17-T13N-R3W, in Peabody No. 8 Mine (mine index 220). In 1967, seven entries were driven through a NE-SW trending channel sandstone in NE SW 17- T13N-R4W, Sangamon County. The sandstone was water-bearing, and consequently the mine was wet in that area. The top of the coal was eroded, but 4 to 5 feet of coal remained. These channels of Anvil Rock Sandstone channels are evident in the mining patterns shown on the accompanying map. Most channels were 200 to 400 feet wide with wider flanking zones of wet conditions and/or unstable roof. The black shale roof tended to slab off along prominent jointing breaks. The 3 to 4 feet of black Anna Shale was overlain by 1.5 feet of Brereton Limestone, then 2 to 10 feet of thin-bedded Anvil Rock Sandstone that sometimes had shale interlaminations, another 1.5 feet of limestone, and 2 feet of shale. In some roof falls this entire sequence was exposed. In NW 34-T13N-R4W and SW 27-T13N-R4W, a peat trough resulted in coal up to 13 feet thick, in a north-south trending linear depression. The grades were too steep for the equipment and the feature was difficult to cope with. Roof failures also made this feature difficult to mine, although only the usual 6 to 7 feet of coal was actually removed. A pattern of slips initiated a roof fall of 35 feet of silty shale and gray shale within this area of thick coal. The coal in the northern part of the mine was exceptionally hard but relatively clean of impurities, and the underclay was rather soft. In the southern part of the mine, the coal was softer but had more impurities, and the underclay was much firmer.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 10 (add)	1951-1994	147,281,150

Total Production: 147,281,150

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company

8-1-1994

1:7200

1:7200

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Company map, state archives - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, Coal Section files, 2-1-11L - Geologic problems.