Mine Index 6226 John S. Nelson, Nelson Mine

Mine Index Number: 6226

Company Name:	John S. Nelson
Mine Name:	Nelson Mine
Start Date:	1934	End Date:	1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	None
Production Indicated Acres:	1	General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

McDonough

5N 4W

3

NE NE SW

Geology

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

Colchester

Underground

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Frank Nelson (add)	Nelson (add)	1934-1935 Idle 1935	20

Nelson and Mourning (add)	Nelson and Mourning (add)	1936-1936	80

John S. Nelson (add)	Nelson (add)	1937-1937	128

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

1:24000

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation.

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

Mine notes (McDonough County) - Mine type, slope location.