Mine Index Number: 1038
| Company Name:
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Peabody Midwest Mining
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| Mine Name:
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Wildcat Hills Underground Mine
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| Start Date:
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2006
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End Date:
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2019
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,429
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main Drift
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Saline
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9S 7E
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1
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SENWNW
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| Air drift
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Saline
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9S 7E
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1
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SENWNW
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| Air drift
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Saline
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9S 7E
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1
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SENWNW
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| Air drift
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Saline
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9S 7E
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1
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SENWNW
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Geology
Geological Problems Reported
(Geologic problems are not reported for active mines.)
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 16,999,572
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company map, Coal Section files
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3-1-2009
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1:3600
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1:3600
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Not final
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| Company map, Coal Section Files
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12-31-2011
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1:4800
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1:4800
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Not final
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| Company, digital outline
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2014
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1:24000
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1:24000
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Company map, Coal Section files (digital file) - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Company map, Coal Section files (digital file) - Mine outline, mining method.
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| Company map, digital outline supplied to Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals - Mine outline.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Wildcat Hills Underground|Wildcat Hills Underground]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/saline/thumbnails/m1038_2019.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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6-379N
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| Company:
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Peabody Midwest Mining
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| Mine Name:
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Wildcat Hills Underground
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| Caption:
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Map may be near final (but is not stamped as final), mine shut down in 2019
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| Map Date:
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03/27/2020
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| Map Status:
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Final?
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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| More Info:
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M1038 2019.jpg
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| 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!
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https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/saline/m1038 2019.zip
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Photographs
![[[:Wildcat Hills Underground|Wildcat Hills Underground]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/saline/thumbnails/m1038_2018.jpg)
