Shell Station: (Satellite, 350 photos)
Roger Kujawa posted Mt Olive Illinois Consolidated Coal Co Mine Postcard c1930 |
Andy Zukowski posted Consolidated Coal Company mine #15 at Mt Olive, Illinois |
Roger Kujawa posted Colorful Linen Postcard Consolidated Coal Mine #15 At Mt. Olive, Illinois |
There are a lot of mines in that county, but only one is #15 so the index is 68.
68 CONSOLIDATED C C OF ST LOUIS CONSOLIDATED 15 SHAFT MRP 1905-1951
68 BELL & ZOLLER COAL & MNG CO BELL & ZOLLER 15 SHAFT MRP 1951-1951
The tipple was west of town just before IL-138 curves North.
68 CONSOLIDATED C C OF ST LOUIS CONSOLIDATED 15 SHAFT MRP 1905-1951
68 BELL & ZOLLER COAL & MNG CO BELL & ZOLLER 15 SHAFT MRP 1951-1951
The tipple was west of town just before IL-138 curves North.
Map |
Roger Kujawa posted Vintage Coal Mine Postcard: Mine No. 15, Mt. Olive, Illinois. ~ Collectible |
Andy Zukowski posted Consolidated Coal Company Mine Number 15, Mount Olive, Illinois. The mine operated from 1905-1951. |
It was served by a spur from the Wabash.
Most of the spur route still has a land scar.
1915 Gillespie and Mt Olive Quadrangles @ 1:62,500 |
Satellite |
1939 Aerial Photo from ILHAP You can see coal cars parked in the storage yard at the end of the Wabash spur. |
Dennis DeBruler posted The Wabash had a spur going West from south of Mt. Olive to serve a coal mine.
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Old Shell Station
Street View, Sep 2021 |
Street View, Sep 2021 |
Hoferin Omala, Jul 2022 |
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