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==Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)== | ==Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)== |
Latest revision as of 13:47, May 3, 2024
Mine Index Number: 0638
Company Name: | Sahara Coal Company, Inc. | ||
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Mine Name: | Sahara No. 6 Mine | ||
Start Date: | 1936 | End Date: | June 1993 |
Type of Mine: | Surface | ||
Total acres shown: | 5,178 | ||
Acres after map date: | General Area of mining acres shown: | ||
Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
Type | County | Township-Range | Section | Part Section |
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Tipple | Saline | 9S 5E | 29 | SW SE NW |
Geology
Thickness (ft) | |||||
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Seam | Depth (ft) | Min | Max | Ave | Mining Method |
Herrin | 25-115 | 4.5-5.0 | Surface |
Geological Problems Reported
Concretions were present, and locally abundant.
Production
Company | Mine Name | Date | Production (tons) |
Bankston Creek Collieries Company, Inc. | Bankston Creek No. 6 | 1936-1950 | 8,396,736 |
Sahara Coal Company, Inc. | Sahara No. 6 | 1951-1993 | 28,623,916 |
Total Production: 37,020,652 |
Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
Source Map | Map Date | Original Scale | Digitized Scale | Map Type |
Company, 6-207 | 12-17-1978 | 1:4800 | 1:4800 | Not final |
Microfilm, document 352758 | 5-31-1950 | 1:2400 | 1:4634 | Not final |
Company | 12-1993 | 1:4800 | 1:4800 | Final |
USGS topographic map | PR 1990 | 1:24000 | 1:24000 | Secondary source |
Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness. |
Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation. |
Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, mine location, seam, geologic problems. |
ISGS field notes (Saline County) - Mining method. |
Company map, ISGS Coal Section files, 6-207 - Mine location, mine outline, mining method. |
Microfilm map, document 352758, reel 03140, frames 274-277 - Mine outline. |
Company map, ISGS Coal Section files - Mine outline (north). |
USGS topographic map, Harrisburg Quadrangle, 1961, photorevised 1990 - Mine outline. |
Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs