Mine Index Number: 0127
| Company Name:
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Sahara Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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Sahara No. 1 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1904
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End Date:
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May 1939
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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2,213
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)
| Type
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County
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Township-Range
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Section
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Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Saline
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9S 6E
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2
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SE NW NE
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| Air shaft
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Saline
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9S 6E
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2
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SE NW NE
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Geology
| Springfield
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311
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4.5
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6.5
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4.67-5.25
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
A 1907 gas explosion killed a mine examiner. Two northwest-southeast trending faults cut through the mine. These are subsidiary faults of the Cottage Grove Fault System. The main east-west fault of the system limited southern expansion of the mine. The shale roof was generally good, with little timbering needed. Although in isolated parts of the mine, the roof fell easily when the coal was removed. Pyrite lenses were present in the seam. The underclay heaved when wet, causing squeezes in the mine.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 12,136,201
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352836
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5-19-1939
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1:2400
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1:4634
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Final
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| Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-27
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5-19-1939
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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| Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-71
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7-1-1913
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Not final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, geologic problems.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352836, reel 03140, frames 412-415 - Mine outline (south half), mining method.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-27 - Mine outline (north half), mining method.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-71 (sheet 3) - Shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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