Mine Index 0068 Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company, Bell and Zoller No. 15 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0068

Company Name:	Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Bell and Zoller No. 15 Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	May 1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4,014
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
This mine is connected underground to Staunton No. 7 Mine (mine index 0189).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft (8.83 x 15.5 ft)

Macoupin

7N 6W

9

NE NW NE

Air shaft (8.83 x 15.5 ft)

Macoupin

7N 6W

9

SE NW NE

Geology

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

Herrin

387

7.0

8.75

7.5-7.67

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

Portions of the black shale roof (a minimum of 2 to 4 inches) were rotten, and were overlain by 2 inches of clod. The clod was dark gray and hard when fresh, but after exposure and oxidation, it became lighter and crumbled in the hand. The roof conditions in the northern part of the mine were very good; in the southern part, there was some soapstone. Limestone protrusions into the seam caused some difficulty with mining. Some slips were present in the black shale, especially around the protrusions. The shale was very hard to keep up and sooner or later was taken down up to the limestone cap rock. Concretions were present, but few in number. Squeezes were noted in the NE 1/4 of section 9 (1911 and 1924), and NW 1/4 of section 4 (1938).

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Consolidated Coal Company of St. Louis (add)	Consolidated No. 15 (add)	1905-1951	27,476,356

Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company (add)	Bell and Zoller No. 15 (add)	1951-1951	45,835

Total Production: 27,522,191

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, IL_1123

5-11-1951

1:4800

1:4800

Final

Company, 4103.M34 i5.1-13

5-1-1942

1:4800

1:4800

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft sizes.

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

Mine notes (Macoupin County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.

State archive, IL_1123 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.

Company map, ISGS map library 4103.M34 i5.1-13 - Shaft locations.

Company map, ISGS map library, Old Ben Coal Co. archive collection - Geologic problems.