Mine Index 0730 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 21 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0730

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 21 Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	1924
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	814
Acres after map date:	20	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Christian

14N 1W

28

NW NE SE

Air shaft

Christian

14N 1W

28

NW NE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

460

5.7

7.5

7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Gas explosions resulted in 4 deaths. In 1908, a room had “seven feet of gas overhead”, and the mine was noted as having a lot of gas in a 1909 visit. Some small faults were observed. The roof was 0 to 3 feet of shale overlain by 0 to 14 feet of limestone. Pyrite bands were noted in the coal.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Stonington Coal Company (add)	Stonington (add)	1905-1915	1,665,925

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 21 (add)	1915-1924	2,717,693

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 21 (add)	1924-1924	115,012 Production after map date

Total Production: 4,498,630

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.C4 i5.1-8

1-15-1924

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library 4103.C4 i5.1-8 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.