Mine Index 4279 Peabody Coal Company, Midwest Mine No. 3

Mine Index Number: 4279

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Midwest Mine No. 3
Start Date:	Unknown	End Date:	Unknown
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	427
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Production was likely reported under Midwest Strip Mine (mine index 0653).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Surface (north pit)

St. Clair

1S 8W

11,12,13,14

Surface (south pit)

St. Clair

1S 8W

13,14,23,24

Geology

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

Herrin

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Midwest Mine No. 3Production was not reported under this name. Production may have been reported under Midwest Mine (mine index 0653). (add)

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.S31 i5.1-61

3-14-1969

1:12000

1:12000

Final

Microfilm, document 351115

12-1-1972

1:1200

1:1572

Incomplete Source map is primarily of the highwall mine that went in off the final cut of the surface mine.

USGS topographic map

1990

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S31 i5.1-61 - Mine outline (north pit).

Microfilm map, document 351115, reel 03134, frame 241, map of Midwest Highwall No. 3 (mine index 4280) - Mine outline (east and southeast extent, south pit).

USGS (7.5') topographic map, Freeburg Quadrangle, 1990 - Mine outline (north and west extent, south pit).