Mine Index 2386 James Bell, Bell No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 2386

Company Name:	James Bell
Mine Name:	Bell No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1893	End Date:	1926
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	15	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Grundy

34N 7E

28

SW SW SE

Air shaft

Grundy

34N 7E

28

SW SW SE The mine notes indicate the air shaft was 189 feet west and 18 feet north of the haulage shaft. It is not shown on the accompanying map.

Geology

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

Colchester

33-90

3.5

4.0

3.67

RP

Geological Problems Reported

Some erosion channels were noted. Rolls were present in the mine. Over the rolls, coal stringers and soapstone (a gray clay shale) made a false roof. Some pyrite lenses and concretions were noted in the seam, as well as calcite fillings in joints and some shale bands. These shale bands were up to 2 inches thick and 6 feet long. The floor was generally 4 inches of underclay, with 2 inches of soft clay below. Both layers heaved “some but not much”. In some areas, the underclay was absent and the floor was a dark gray shale. The coal was thinner in those areas.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Alexander Bell (add)	Bell No. 2 (add)	1893-1896	1,700

James Bell (add)	Bell No. 2 (add)	1896-1918 Idle 1917-1918	36,659

Bell Brothers (add)	Bell No. 2 (add)	1918-1919	75

James Bell (add)	Bell No. 2 (add)	1919-1926	8,854 Idle 1921; production not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons

Total Production: 47,288

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3

1919

1:62500

1:62500

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

ISGS Bulletin 43, Plate 3, ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3 - Mine location.