Mine Index 3659 Alfred Nelson Coal Company, Nelson Mine

Mine Index Number: 3659

Company Name:	Alfred Nelson Coal Company
Mine Name:	Nelson Mine
Start Date:	1917	End Date:	1943
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	5
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 slope

Vermilion

18N 11W

3

SW SE SE

Air shaft

Vermilion

18N 11W

3

SW SE SE

Geology

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

Herrin

RP

Geological Problems Reported

A fault runs along the south side of the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

John and Alfred Nelson (add)	Nelson (add)	1917-1922 Idle 1919	4,314 Production not reported 1922 for mines producing less than 10,000 tons

Alfred Nelson Coal Company (add)	Nelson (add)	1922-1936	12,223 Production not reported 1930-1933 for mines producing less than 1,000 tons per year

N. and H. Coal Company (add)	Nelson (add)	1938-1939	524

Alfred Nelson Coal Company (add)	Nelson (add)	1939-1943	11,043

Total Production: 28,104

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, 4103.V4 i5.1-10

7-31-1941

1:960

1:960

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (Vermilion County) - Shaft location, seam.

Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.V4 i5.1-10 - Slope & shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.