Mine Index 2153 Joe H. Wells, Wells Mine

Mine Index Number: 2153

Company Name:	Joe H. Wells
Mine Name:	Wells Mine
Start Date:	1933	End Date:	1938
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:
Production Indicated Acres:	Less than 1	General Area of mining acres shown:	76

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main drift

Fulton

6N 4E

4

NW NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

18

5.0

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

V. O. Dudley and Wells (add)	Dudley and Wells (add)	1933-1934	1,625

Len Savil (add)	Savil (add)	1935-1935	60

Joe H. Wells (add)	Wells (add)	1935-1936	907

Leonard Savill (add)	Savill (add)	1937-1937	157

Joe H. Wells (add)	Wells (add)	1937-1938	544

Total Production: 3,293

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Federal Land Bank Report

4-20-1933

1:124800

1:124800

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, mining method.

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

Mine notes (Fulton County) - Mine type, drift location, seam, depth, thickness.

Federal Land Bank Report (Fulton County) - Mine outline.