Mine Index 3275 O’Gara Coal Company, O’Gara No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3275

Company Name:	O’Gara Coal Company
Mine Name:	O’Gara No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	38
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main shaft

Saline

9S 6E

15

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

150-245

6.0 (5.5-7.0)

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Coal Company (Charles G. New) (add)	Pennsylvania (add)	1902-1903	8,007

Egyptian Coal and Coke Company (add)	Egyptian No. 1 (add)	1903-1905	305

O’Gara Coal Company (add)	O’Gara No. 2 (add)	O’Gara No. 2	252,967

Total Production: 261,279

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Company, R4103.S32 i5.1-89

1-1-1937

1:2400

1:2400

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, thickness.

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

Company map, ISGS map library, R4103.S32 i5.1-89, map of Sahara No. 3 Mine (mine index 608) - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.