Mine Index 0934 Peabody Coal Company, River King Pit No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0934

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	River King Pit No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1976	End Date:	1992
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	9,589
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
The area shown on the accompanying map, is much larger than expected for the reported production. The area shown for River King Surface Mine (mine index 0857) on the Freeburg, Mascoutah, and New Athens East Quadrangles is much smaller than indicated for the reported production. If both index numbers are combined for all of the River King Surface mines, the area shown on the quadrangle maps is in line with the reported production. The total area mined was 13,164 acres for a total 104,187,734 tons.

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Tipple

St. Clair

3S 6W

16

SW SW SW

Auger

Randolph

4S 6W

36

SW SW NW

Geology

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

Herrin

60-100

5.33-6.5

Surface

Springfield (1984 & 1985)

78

3.0-4.7

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peabody Coal Company (add)	River King Pit No. 6 (add)	1976-1992 Idle 1990. River King surface mines began operation in 1957, but Pit No. 6 began reporting separately in 1976. Tonnage reported from Pit No. 6 includes production from Pit No. 5 in St. Clair County.	27,155,940
Total Production: 27,155,940

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-63

3-14-1969

1:62500

1:62500

Not final

Company, 10-4-38

6-13-1979

1:4800

1:4800

Final (for pit)

Company, 6-311

7-1994

1:4800

1:4800

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Randolph County) - Geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-63 - Mine outline, mining method.

Company map, Coal Section files, 10-4-38 - Mine outline.

Company map, Coal Section files, 6-311 - Mine outline.