Mine Index 0858 Bell and Zoller Coal Company, Bell and Zoller No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0858

Company Name:	Bell and Zoller Coal Company
Mine Name:	Bell and Zoller No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1948	End Date:	December 1966
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	2,111
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 and air slope

Williamson

8S 1E

11

SE NW NW

Air slope

Williamson

8S 1E

11

SW NE NW

Geology

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

Herrin

160-162

8.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The roof was a slabby shale.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bell and Zoller Coal and Mining Company (add)	Bell and Zoller No. 3 (add)	1948-1952	2,570,494

Bell and Zoller Coal Company (add)	Bell and Zoller No. 3 (add)	1953-1966	12,922,685

Total Production: 15,493,179

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

State archive, Msha_0659_01

12-13-1966

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Williamson County) - Mine type, slope location, geologic problems.

State archive, Msha_659_01 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.