Mine Index Number: 3340
| Company Name:
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Peabody Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Peabody No. 55 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1902
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End Date:
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March 1930
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2,317 [1]
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Shaft
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Sangamon
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15N 5W
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9
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SW SE NW
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| Air shaft
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Sangamon
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15N 5W
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9
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SW SE NW
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| Escape shaft
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Sangamon
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15N 5W
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8
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SW SE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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250
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4.9
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6.3
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5.9
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
Numerous horsebacks were identified, with a maximum observed displacement of 18 inches.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 8,518,464
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 4103.S33 i5.1-47
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3-25-1930
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final [4]
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Sangamon County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| ENR Document 85/01 - Mining method.
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| Mine notes (Sangamon County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S33 i5.1-47 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Map library: 4103.S33 i5.1-47
Map Date: 3-25-1930
Coal Co.: Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name: Springfield District No. 55
Photographs
Additional Notes
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Idle 1931-1940, never re-opened
- ↑ 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.
Additional Notes
