Mine Index Number: 2386
| Company Name:
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James Bell
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| Mine Name:
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Bell No. 2 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1893
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End Date:
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1926
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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None
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| Production Indicated Acres:
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15
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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28
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SW SW SE
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| Air shaft
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Grundy
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34N 7E
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28
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SW SW SE [1]
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Geology
| Colchester
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33-90
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3.5
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4.0
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3.67
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RP
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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
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3
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1919
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1:62500
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1:62500
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Secondary source
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, mining method.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Grundy County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Grundy County) - Mine type, shaft locations, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| ISGS Bulletin 43, Plate 3, ISGS map library, 4107 d5-25, sheet 3 - Mine location.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Idle 1917-1918
- ↑ Idle 1921; production not reported in 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons
