Mine Index 3340 Peabody Coal Company, Peabody No. 55 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3340

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peabody No. 55 Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	March 1930
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,317 The north part of this mine joins with Springfield Coal & Mining Company Mine No. 4 (Mine Index 3339), and the exact boundary is unclear. The reported acreage corresponds to the total of Peabody No. 55 and Springfield No. 4 Mines.
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

Sangamon

15N 5W

9

SW SE NW

Air shaft

Sangamon

15N 5W

9

SW SE NW

Escape shaft

Sangamon

15N 5W

8

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Springfield

250

4.9

6.3

5.9

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

Numerous horsebacks were identified, with a maximum observed displacement of 18 inches.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Springfield Coal and Mining Company (add)	Springfield No. 5 (add)	1902-1916	3,234,253 Springfield Coal & Mining Company bought the Junction Mine (Mine Index 313) in 1903, and named it the No. 5 Mine. However, the production figures indicate that the mining took place in the area mapped as Mine Index 3340.

Springfield District Coal Mining Company (add)	Springfield District No. 5 (add)	1916-1918	655,279

Springfield District Coal Mining Company (add)	Springfield District No. 55 (add)	1918-1924	2,397,058

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Peabody No. 55 (add)	1924-1930 Idle 1931-1940, never re-opened	2,231,874

Total Production: 8,518,464

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S33 i5.1-47

3-25-1930

1:2400

1:2400

Final The east part of this mine adjoins Peabody Coal Company Mine No. 53 (Mine Index 38). The common boundary indicates an area of an uncertain boundary between the mines. The map shows numerous joinings between these two mines.

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.

Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.