Mine Index 3550   New Bell Heat Coal Company,   New Bell Heat Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: St. Clair unlocated
County: St. Clair
Quadrangle: French Village
County Coal Data: St. Clair
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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Mine Index Number: 3550

Company Name: New Bell Heat Coal Company
Mine Name: New Bell Heat Mine
Start Date: Pre 1882 End Date: 1943
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: 320
Acres after map date: 5 General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Main shaft St. Clair 1N 9W 12 NE NE SE
Air shaft St. Clair 1N 9W 12 NE NE SE

Geology

Thickness (ft)
Seam Depth (ft) Min Max Ave Mining Method
Herrin 173 6.3-7.0 MRP,RPB[1]

Geological Problems Reported

A source map designated some rooms in NW NW 13-T1N-R9W and NW NE NW 13-T1N-R9W as "caved".

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Sebastian Weisenborn Harmony, Twelve Apostles pre1882-1884 64,507 [2]
Harris Brothers Harmony 1884-1892 [3] 110,361
Crown Coal and Tow Company Crown No. 1 1892-1897 [4] 120,859
Lenz Coal and Mining Company Harmony 1899-1905 [5] 253,361
Southern Coal and Mining Company Southern No. 2 1905-1907 [6] 22,549
Harmony Coal Company Harmony 1907-1910 42,827
Maule Coal and Mining Company Harmony 1911-1913 48,767
Idle 1914-1918
B. B. Coal Company [7] B. B. 1918-1928 653,374
Bell Heat Coal Company [8] Bell Heat 1929-1939 287,241
New Bell Heat Coal Company New Bell Heat 1939-1941 27,326
New Bell Heat Coal Company New Bell Heat 1941-1943 30,832 [9]
Total Production: 1,662,004

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
Microfilm, document 350981 3-1941 1:1200 1:2152 Not final
Microfilm, document 350979 4-11-1894 1:1200 1:1821 Not final
Microfilm, document 350971 3-30-1935 1:1200 1:2152 Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (St. Clair County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
Microfilm map, document 350981, reel 03134, frames 45,46 - Shaft locations, mine outline (north), mining method.
Microfilm map, document 350979, reel 03134, frame 42 - Mine outline (east, extent of old works), mining method.
Microfilm map, document 350971, reel 03134, frames 30,31 - Mine ownership, mine outline (south), mining method.
Mine notes (St. Clair County) - Thickness, depth, seam, mine type, shaft location.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

Photographs

Notes

  1. ↑ some RPB
  2. ↑ Production and ownership prior to 1882 unknown. The Coal Report of 1882 indicates 30 acres mined.
  3. ↑ No production reported July 1885 to June 1886; idle
  4. ↑ Idle May 27, 1896 to June 1897; top works destroyed by tornado and not rebuilt.
  5. ↑ Fire underground; mine idled for most of the period from July 1903 to June 1905, and July 1906 to June 1907.
  6. ↑ Fire underground; mine idled for most of the period from July 1903 to June 1905, and July 1906 to June 1907.
  7. ↑ Microfilm source map, document 350971, indicates Victoria Coal Company owned this company in 1927.
  8. ↑ The Daily Advocate reported August 13, 1929 this mine was solid to Sam Winter for $7,000.
  9. ↑ Production since map date



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