Mine Index 2074 Coal Run Coal Company, Peanut Mine

Mine Index Number: 2074

Company Name:	Coal Run Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peanut Mine
Start Date:	Circa 1873	End Date:	1884
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	22 Production indicates approximately 37 acres were mined, and the Coal Report indicated 65 acres were mined before production was reported, for a total of 102 acres. This may be included in the area designated General Area of Mining (by color symbol) on the accompanying map.
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 shaft

La Salle

31N 3E

36

NE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

60-80

4.5-5.5

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

In the spring of 1878, Coal Run Creek flooded and broke into the workings below a surface cave-hole. More than a hundred miners escaped, with only one fatality.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Coal Run Coal Company (add)	Peanut (add)	ca.1873-1884Production before July 1881 is not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 65 acres had been mined. Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois indicates Colonel Ralph Plumb founded the Coal Run Coal Company after 1871 but before the mid-1870s.	165,000Production before July 1881 is not known. The 1882 Coal Report indicates 65 acres had been mined. Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois indicates Colonel Ralph Plumb founded the Coal Run Coal Company after 1871 but before the mid-1870s.

Total Production: 165,000

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, mines07e.tif

Undated

1:1200

1:2800

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines04d.tif

Undated

Unknown

1:840

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines099.tif

Undated

1:3960

1:3960

Secondary source

Microfilm, mines087.tif and mines 088.tif

Undated

1:4248

1:4248

Secondary source

Paula Angle

1961

(text only)

1:24000The shaft was not shown on the map of the mine workings. The shaft location was taken from Biography in Black, A History of Streator, Illinois. The location was said to be on the west side of Vermilion Street, north of Coal Run Creek. An approximation of this location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map and digitized.

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines07e.tif - Shaft locations, mine outline (southern part).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines04d.tif - Mine outline (northeastern part), mining method.

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines099.tif - Mine outline (western side).

Microfilm map, Coal Section files, mines087.tif & mines088.tif - Mine outline (northwestern side).

Angle, Paula, 1962, Biography in Black: a History of Streator, Illinois, Weber Company, 170p. - Shaft location.

Streator, Illinois, Centennial, 1868-1968, Historical Centennial Program, Sigma Press: Streator-Ottawa, Illinois, 1968 - Geologic problems.