Mine Index 0053 Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company, Bell and Zoller No. 1 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0053

Company Name:	Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Bell and Zoller No. 1 Mine
Start Date:	1904	End Date:	December 1948
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	10,007 Boundaries between separate mines could not be distinguished. The area shown includes Bell & Zoller No. 2 Mine (mine index 145).
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 shaft

Franklin

7S 1E

13

NE SW SE

Material shaft

Franklin

7S 1E

13

SE SW SE

Air shaft

Franklin

7S 1E

13

600 FSL, 1960 FEL

Geology

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

Herrin

392-420

7.0

25.0

9.0-12.17

RPP,HERsome HER

Geological Problems Reported

The mine had gas problems; 50 men died in a 1905 explosion, and in 1909, two explosions killed 29 men. The roof was a hard gray shale. Top coal was generally left to support and protect the roof. Some rolls were present in the seam. The seam had very frequent and prevalent flexures and swags that maintained a general southeast-northwest trending direction. This created serious haulage problems because of the steep grades. The top coal contained a considerable number of calcite seams. Pyrite balls were present but the distribution was very irregular. A squeeze occurred because of drawn pillars (1913), but generally the underclay floor did not heave.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Zeigler Coal Company (add)	Zeigler No. 1 (add)	1904-1909	1,425,223

Bell and Zoller Mining Company (add)	Bell and Zoller No. 1 (add)	1909-1925 Idle 1910	12,527,759

Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company (add)	Bell and Zoller No. 1 (add)	1925-1948	26,069,539

Total Production: 40,022,521

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351444

12-21-1948

1:2400

1:441

Final

Microfilm, document 351446

6-27-1951

1:2400

1:428

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.

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

Mine notes (Franklin County) - Mine type, shaft locations, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

Microfilm map, document 351444, reel 03136, frames 116-123 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.