Mine Index 6850 Peacock Coal Company, Peacock No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 6850

Company Name:	Peacock Coal Company
Mine Name:	Peacock No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1979	End Date:	1979
Type of Mine:	Surface
Total acres shown:	25
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Pit

Williamson

9S 4E

29

SE SW

Geology

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

Springfield

Surface

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Peacock Coal Company (add)	Peacock No. 2 (add)	1979-1979	Not Reported This mine was new in May, but production was not reported.

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Nelson, Catalog of Coal Mines

2003

(text only)

1:24000 The mine location was plotted on a 1:24000 USGS topographic map from the mine location description and digitized.

Secondary source

USGS topographic map

PR 1990

1:24000

1:24000

Secondary source

Department of Mines & Minerals

Undated

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Ownership, years of operation.

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

W.J. Nelson (ISGS), Catalog of Coal Mines in Williamson County - Mine location.

USGS topographic map, Crab Orchard, 1965, Photorevised 1990 - Mine outline.

Department of Mines & Minerals, 7a-02-13, aerial photograph base map with surface mines identified - Mine outline.