Mine Index 0145 Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company, Bell and Zoller No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0145

Company Name:	Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company
Mine Name:	Bell and Zoller No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1919	End Date:	June 1951
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	10,007 Boundaries between separate mines could not be distinguished. The area shown includes Bell & Zoller No. 1 Mine (mine index 0053).
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 (12 x 21.67 ft)

Franklin

7S 1E

26

NW SE NW

Air shaft (12 x 22.67 ft)

Franklin

7S 1E

26

SW SE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

301-310

7.5

11.5

9.0

RPP, HER

Geological Problems Reported

Generally 18 to 30 inches of top coal was left throughout the mine to support the gray shale roof. A few rolls were present, which necessitated timbering. Pyrite was present in stringers and lenses. The underclay heaved very little.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company (add)	Bell and Zoller No. 2 (add)	1919-1951	32,153,887

Total Production: 32,153,887

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 351444

7-1948

1:2400

1:441

Not 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, shaft sizes, depth, mining method.

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 351446, reel 03136, frames 129-136 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.