Mine Index 4280 Peabody Coal Company, Midwest Highwall No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 4280

Company Name:	Peabody Coal Company
Mine Name:	Midwest Highwall No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1970	End Date:	November 30, 1972
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	262
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

St. Clair

1S 8W

24

700 FNL, 600 FWL

Air drift

St. Clair

1S 8W

24

SE NW NW

Drift

St. Clair

1S 8W

24

SE NW NW

Drift

St. Clair

1S 8W

24

SE NW NW

Drift

St. Clair

1S 8W

24

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

80

6.5

CRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peabody Coal Company (add)	Midwest Highwall No. 3 (add)	1970-1972	1,476,389
Total Production: 1,476,389

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351115

12-1-1972

1:1200

1:1572

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351115, reel 03134, frames 238-241 - Drift locations, mine outline, mining method, mine closing date.