Peabody's founder and namesake gained a foothold in the industry in 1883 by plying the streets of Chicago with a wagon full of coal. Today, Peabody's Midwest operations include mines in Indiana and Illinois operated by our affiliates and subsidiaries. We have a large reserve position and sold more than any other Midwestern coal producer in 2007.

 

Coal is shipped primarily to electricity generators in the midwestern United States and to industrial customers for power generation. The Midwest operations include our Arclar, Coulterville Coal and Black Beauty subsidiaries.

 

 

The Wildcat Hills surface and underground mine complex and Willow Lake underground mining complex are located in Gallatin and Saline counties in Southern Illinois. During 2007, these mines sold a combined 6.5 million tons of coal that was primarily shipped by barge to utilities.

 

• Farmersburg Mine
• Francisco surface and underground mines
• Air Quality Mine
• Somerville Mine Complex
• Viking and Miller Creek Mines

Black Beauty's Illinois operations also include the Vermilion Grove portal in east central Illinois.

 

Peabody's Coulterville Coal Company subsidiary owns the Gateway Mine in Southern Illinois that last year sold 2.7 million tons of steam coal.