Glen Nell is an

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in Washington Township, Jackson County,

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, United States. It is located west of Wellston at the intersection of Glen Nell Road and Von-Glen Nell Road, at .

History

Glen Nell was founded as a

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for the Glen Nell Coal Company. The company mined

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at this location in a

slope mine Slope mining is a method of accessing valuable geological material, such as coal or ore. A sloping access shaft travels downwards towards desired material. Slope mines differ from shaft and drift mines, which access resources by tunneling strai ...

called the "Glen Nell Mine", later called the "Phoenix Mine", opened about 1890.Jackson County, Ohio Genealogical Society.
Jackson County, Ohio: History and Families, 175th Anniversary, 1816-1991, Volume 1
'. Turner Publishing Company. 1991.Ohio Inspector of Mines.
Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Mines, Issue 18
'. Industrial Commission, Department of Inspection, Division of Mines. 1893. The Company also operated two

drift mines Drift mining is either the mining of an ore deposit by underground methods, or the working of coal seams accessed by adits driven into the surface outcrop of the coal bed. A drift mine is an underground mine in which the entry or access is above ...

nearby, called "Eclipse #1" and "Eclipse #2". As of 1893, there were 15 miners, 8 day laborers, one Superintendent, and one Mine Boss employed at the mine and a spur of the CH&D Railroad leading to the location, but the mine was "long abandoned" by 1921.Conrey, G.W..
Geology of Wayne County
'. Geological Survey of Ohio, Fourth Series, Bulletin, Volumes 24-25. Legislature of Ohio. 1921. Pg. 17. There is a Wilcox Post Office listed as being "at the Glen Nell Coal Works", but no record of when it was established or discontinued.

References

Unincorporated communities in Jackson County, Ohio {{JacksonCountyOH-geo-stub