Mine Index Number: 0128
| Company Name:
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O’Gara Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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O’Gara No. 14 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1906
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End Date:
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February 1923
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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531[1]
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| Acres after map date:
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General Area of mining acres shown:
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Harrisburg No. 2 Mine (mine index 3320) surface-mined the southern part of the underground works.
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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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30
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SE SE SE
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| Air / escape shaft[2]
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Saline
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9S 6E
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31
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NE NW NE
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| Air shaft
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Saline
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9S 6E
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32
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SE SW SW[3]
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Geology
| Springfield
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137-150
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4.67
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8.0
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5.42-7.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Rolls and faults were present throughout the mine, and some interfered with mining. A large fault prevented westward expansion of the mine. The roof was generally good, with a 4-inch layer of “draw slate”. The coal contained pyrite lenses in the upper portion, and calcite or gypsum fracture fillings throughout the seam. The thicker coal was in the southern part of the mine. The source map also shows that the coal was split by a shale band on the western side of the northern part of the mine (NE SW 30-T9S-R6E).
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: 2,659,385
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-85
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2-14-1923
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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| Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-93
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8-2-1973
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1:600
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1:7200
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth.
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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, thickness, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-85 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-93 - Mine outline (separation between this mine and O’Gara No. 5 Mine, mine index 3291).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
Notes
- ↑ The boundary between O’Gara No. 14 Mine and Harrisburg No. 4 Mine (mine index 3319) could not be distinguished, and the acreage shown is for both mines. Harrisburg No. 4 Mine also mined some pillars in O’Gara No. 14.
- ↑ This shaft appears to be shared with Saline County Coal Company No. 1 (mine index 3290).
- ↑ Later surface-mined by various companies; not shown on accompanying map.
- ↑ Idle 1922
