Mine Index Number: 1044
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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Peabody Midwest Mining
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| Mine Name:
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Wildcat Hills Cottage Grove Mine
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| Start Date:
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2000
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End Date:
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2019
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| Type of Mine:
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Surface
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| Total acres shown:
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4,042 in Herrin Coal, 317 in Briar Hill Coal, 487 in Springfield Coal
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit (Herrin)
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Gallatin
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9S 7E
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1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 14
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit (Herrin)
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Gallatin
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9S 8E
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4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 17
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit (Briar Hill)
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Gallatin
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9S 7E
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11, 14
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Pit (Springfield)
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Gallatin
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9S 7E
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11, 14, 15, 22, 23
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Danville [1]
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Surface
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Allenby[2]
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2.0
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Surface
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Herrin
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3.7
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Surface
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Briar Hill
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Surface
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| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield [3]
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Surface
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 16,597,234
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle
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2019
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1:6000
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1:6000
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Secondary source
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map - Mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The Danville Coal is mined only in the northern portions of the northernmost pits.
- ↑ The Allenby Coal was said to have been mined in 2003, and again 2006-2011. The Allenby Coal is commonly found in channel deposits, so it is unclear which pits this coal was mined in.
- ↑ The Springfield Coal is mined in the southernmost pit, and in portions of the northern pits, south of the underground mines in the Springfield Coal.
- ↑ The 2000-2005 production is included in the totals for Wildcat Hills Eagle Valley mine (mine index 1022).
