Mine Index 5888 Mohn and Collear, Blue Bell Mine

Mine Index Number: 5888

Company Name:	Mohn and Collear
Mine Name:	Blue Bell Mine
Start Date:	1906	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	16
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 slope

Peoria

9N 7E

34

SW NE NE

Air shaft

Peoria

9N 7E

34

SW NE NE

Geology

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

Springfield

57-195

4.0-5.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Collear Brothers (add)	Blue Bell (add)	1906-1918	36,779

Blue Bell Coal Company (add)	Blue Bell (add)	1918-1919	1,304

Sword and Collear (add)	Blue Bell (add)	1919-1921	500

Mohn and Collear (add)	Blue Bell (add)	1921-1922	700

Collins and Collear (add)	Blue Bell (add)	1922-1931	26,161

Abe Collear (add)	Blue Bell (add)	1932-1932	2,442

Collear Coal Company (add)	Blue Bell (add)	1932-1932	1,148

Mohn and Collear (add)	Blue Bell (add)	1933-1943	14,905

Total Production: 83,939

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-7

4-1912

1:2400

1:2400

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Peoria County) - Seam.

SGS map library, 4103.P41 i5.1-7, map of A. & T. Mine (mine index 3081) - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.