Mine Index 2040 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 7 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2040

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 7 Mine
Start Date:	1912	End Date:	1952
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	7,127
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	Christian	13N 3W	14	SW NW NW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Christian	13N 3W	14	SW NW NW

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Air shaft	Christian	13N 3W	27	SE SE SW

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Herrin	349-365			6.5-7.5	RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows a probable sandstone channel that limited mine expansion in the southeastern part of the mine. Only three pairs of entries were driven across the channel to access the coal on the other side, implying that almost no coal was minable there. The coal was either eroded or never deposited. Another channel was between the Peabody No. 7 and Peabody No. 9 Mines (mine index 219). The source map showed unmined areas in 36-T14N-R3W (SE NW, S ½ NE and SE SW), some marked by the same symbol used to denote channels elsewhere on the same map.

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Illinois Midland Coal Company (add)	Illinois Midland No. 7 (add)	1912-1913	74,824

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 7 (add)	1913-1952	44,886,555

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 44,961,379

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type
Microfilm, document 351393	5-29-1952	1:4800	1:9600	Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Bibliography
Mine notes (Christian County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam.

Bibliography
Microfilm map, document 351393, reel 03135, frames 470-475 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.