Mine Index 0813 Peerless Coal Company, Peerless Mine

Mine Index Number: 0813

Company Name:	Peerless Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peerless Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	1939
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	685
Acres after map date:	28	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Williamson

8S 1E

34

NE SE SW

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 1E

34

NE SW SE

Air shaft

Williamson

8S 1E

33

NW NE SW

Geology

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

Herrin

90-110

9.0-12.0

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Carterville Coal Company (add)	Burr C (add)	1904-1916 Idle 1916	2,322,677

Federal Coal Company (add)	Federal No. 25 (add)	1916-1927	2,172,384

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 25 (add)	1928-1932	755,121

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 25 (add)	1932-1933	248,669 Production after map date, on the eastern side of the mine (see the “not final” map portions).

Peerless Coal Company (add)	Peerless (add)	1934-1939	109,306

Total Production: 5,608,157

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-136

3-16-1932

1:2400

1:2400

Not final

Company, 4103.W52 i5.1-41

3-20-1939

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, shaft location.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-136 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.W52 i5.1-41 - Air shaft location, mine outline (Peerless portion of mine), mining method.