Mine Index 2074   Coal Run Coal Company,   Peanut Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: La Salle unlocated
County: La Salle
Quadrangle: Streator South
County Coal Data: La Salle
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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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 [1]
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 Peanut ca.1873-1884[2] 165,000[3]
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) 1:24000[4] 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.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. 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.
  2. Production 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.
  3. Production 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.
  4. The 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.