Mine Index Number: 0730
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| 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
|
| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
|
| Main shaft
|
Christian
|
14N 1W
|
28
|
NW NE SE
|
| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
|
| Air shaft
|
Christian
|
14N 1W
|
28
|
NW NE SE
|
Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness 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)
|
| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 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
|
| Bibliography
|
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.
|
| Bibliography
|
| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Christian County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
|
| Bibliography
|
| Mine notes (Christian County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
|
| Bibliography
|
| Company map, ISGS map library 4103.C4 i5.1-8 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
|
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Mine Map: IL_447_03
 These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
|
Map Type:
|
State Archive
|
| Map ID:
|
IL_447_03
|
| Company:
|
Peabody Coal Company
|
| Mine Name:
|
Peabody No. 21
|
| Caption:
|
|
| Map Date:
|
01-15-1924
|
| Map Status:
|
Not Final
|
| Image Credit:
|
|
| Note:
|
|
| More Info:
|
M0730 IL 447 03
|
| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
|
https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/christian/m0730 IL 447 03.zip
|
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Production after map date
Additional Notes
