Mine Index 3669 Peabody Coal Company, Utility Highwall Mine

Mine Index Number: 3669

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Utility Highwall Mine
Start Date:	1965	End Date:	August 1968
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	245
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 drift

Williamson

9S 3E

11

NW NE SW

Air drift

Williamson

9S 3E

11

NW NE SW

Air shaft

Williamson

9S 3E

11

NE NW SW

Geology

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

Herrin

60-90

5.67-6.17

RPP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Utility Highwall (add)	1965-1968	1,187,369
Total Production: 1,187,369

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, MSHA_492_01

8-7-1968

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, drift location.

State archive, MSHA_492_01 - Drift and shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.