Mine Index 2089   Peabody Coal Company,   Key No. 1 Mine

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INTERPRETING A MINE SUMMARY SHEET
Unlocated Mines In: Fulton unlocated
County: Fulton
Quadrangle: Astoria
County Coal Data: Fulton
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 2089

Company Name: Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name: Key No. 1 Mine
Start Date: 1948 End Date: July 1957
Type of Mine: Surface
Total acres shown: 378
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Tipple Fulton 3N 2E 15 SW SE NW

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Springfield 45-50 5.43 Surface

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Key Coal Company Key 1948-1955 2,933,228
Peabody Coal Company Key No. 1[1] 1956-1957 452,566 [2]
Total Production: 3,385,794

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
NAIP digital ortho-photo quadrangle 2015 1:6000 1:6000 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Fulton County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, mine location, seam.
National Agriculture Imagery Program map, digital ortho-photo quadrangle map, Astoria Quadrangle, 2015 - Mine outlines.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. Peabody Coal Company, Key No. 2 Mine is mine index 860 in Schuyler County, and mine index 2108 in Fulton County.
  2. The value shown is the 1956 tonnage only. The 1957 production was listed in the Coal Reports for Key No. 1 and Key No. 2 Mine (mine index 2108) combined, and that tonnage is recorded with Key No. 2 Mine. The 1957 tonnage is reported with Key No. 2 Mine.