Mine Index 0806 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 5 Mine

Disclaimer INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
	Unlocated Mines In:	Sangamon unlocated
	County:	Sangamon
	Quadrangle:	Pawnee
	County Coal Data:	Sangamon
	Shown On Map:	Yes
	Unlocated:	No
	MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 0806


Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	1895	End Date:	February 1921
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	901
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

Sangamon

13N 5W

12

SE SW NE

Air shaft ^[1]

Sangamon

13N 5W

12

SW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

320-325

5.75-7.5

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

One fault was encountered, with a 2 to 3 foot displacement. The roof was 2 inches of shale with limestone above. Rolls were present, up to 100 feet wide. Where rolls occur, the coal pinched down to 4 feet.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

D. J. Lloyd (add)	Lloyd (add)	1895-1896	2,000

Horse Creek Coal Company (add)	Horse Creek (add)	1896-1900	31,969

Victor Coal Company (add)	Victor (add)	1900-1905	851,136

Illinois Midland Coal Company (add)	Victor, Illinois Midland No. 5 (add)	1905-1913	2,593,702

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 5 (add)	1913-1921	2,104,339


Total Production: 5,583,146

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Microfilm, document 351229

Undated ^[2]

1:2400

1:5296

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 351229, reel 03134, frames 454, 455 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Microfilm: 351229
Map Date: undated
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Co.
Mine Name: Peabody No. 5 Mine
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Photographs

Notes

↑ The old hoist shaft was converted into an air shaft in 1901, when the new hoist shaft was completed.
↑ No dates are shown on this map, although the microfilm documentation suggests the map was submitted in 1923. The map is later than an earlier microfilm (document 351400) dated 7-1-1918. The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the reported production. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

[1] The old hoist shaft was converted into an air shaft in 1901, when the new hoist shaft was completed.

[2] No dates are shown on this map, although the microfilm documentation suggests the map was submitted in 1923. The map is later than an earlier microfilm (document 351400) dated 7-1-1918. The mined area shown on the accompanying map is the approximate size expected for the reported production. This suggests that the mine outline is complete.

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