Franklin County Coal

Six Mile Township


George Seiranko, Joseph Morris, Charles Mitchell, Clyde Ray, Jesse Morgan, Frank Laird, Ray Puffer, Frank Glasner
Photo shared by Dian Mahaney, grand daughter of Clyde Ray

Photo shared by Dian Mahaney

Photo shared by Dian Mahaney

Paul Tonic killed by rock fall in Zeigler #1 mine Jan 23, 1920

       

Stanley Meanovich killed at Bell & Zoller Mine #1 at Zeigler by a rock fall.
A small part of obit is missing in the middle. Date is somewhere between 1919 & 1921.

Source for obits is The Ziegler News, a weekly newspaper, published every Friday.

Illinois Dept of Natural Resources. Illinois State Geological Survey

DIRECTORY OF COAL MINES FOR FRANKLIN COUNTY, ILLINOIS May 12, 2000 ISGS
COMPANY NAME MINE NAME MINE MINE METHOD YEARS SEAM MINED COUNTY LOCATION
INDEX NO. TYPE OPERATED TWP RGE SEC

53 ZEIGLER C C ZEIGLER 1 SHAFT RPP 1903-09 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 13 Six Mile Twp
53 BELL & ZOLLER MNG CO BELL & ZOLLER SHAFT 1909-11 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 13 Six Mile Twp
53 BELL & ZOLLER C & MNG C ZEIGLER 1 SHAFT 1911-49 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 13 Six Mile Twp
145 BELL & ZOLLER C & MNG C BELL & ZOLLER 2 SHAFT 1920-51 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 26 Six Mile Twp
57 BIG MUDDY & CARTERVILLE C C BIG MUDDY 1 SHAFT RPP 1907-14 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 28 Six Mile Twp
57 FRANKLIN COAL & COKE FRANKLIN 1 SHAFT 1914-24 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 28 Six Mile Twp
57 FRANKLIN COUNTY C C FRANKLIN 7 SHAFT 1924-52 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 28 Six Mile Twp
147 WESTERN C C BUSH 2 SHAFT RPP 1917-28 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 31 Six Mile Twp
735 FRANKLIN COUNTY C C FRANKLIN 15 SLOPE MRP 1949-53 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 32 Six Mile Twp
2071 BIG MUDDY & CARTERVILLE C C BIG MUDDY 2 SHAFT MRP 1907-10 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 33 Six Mile Twp
2071 FRANKLIN COAL & COKE FRANKLIN 2 SHAFT 1910-24 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 33 Six Mile Twp
2071 FRANKLIN COUNTY C C FRANKLIN 11 SHAFT 1925-25 HERRIN FRANKLIN 7S 1E 33 Six Mile Twp

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