Mine Index 0968 Peabody Midwest Mining, Gateway Mine

Mine Index Number: 0968

Company Name:	Peabody Midwest Mining
Mine Name:	Gateway Mine
Start Date:	1976	End Date:	2015
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	13,062
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 slope

Randolph

4S 5W

26

NE SW NE

Man and materials shaft

Randolph

4S 5W

26

NE SE NE

Air shaft

Randolph

4S 5W

26

SW SE NE

Geology

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

Herrin

200-265

6.2-7.0

CRP

Geological Problems Reported

Mining was stopped on the east and southeast sides by the Anvil Rock Channel.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Zeigler Coal Company (add)	Zeigler No. 11 (add)	1976-1991	14,895,818

Old Ben Coal Company (add)	Zeigler No. 11 (add)	1992-2003 Idle 1996	22,158,865

Coulterville Coal Company (add)	Gateway (add)	2004-2006	4,721,378

Black Beauty Coal Company (add)	Gateway (add)	2007-2010	12,439,105

Peabody Midwest Mining (add)	Gateway (add)	2011- 2015	12,537,603

Total Production: 66,752,769

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 6-461M

3-29-2016

1:6000

1:6000

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Company map, Coal Section files, 6-461N - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.