Mine Index Number: 0330
| Company Name:
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O’Gara Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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O’Gara No. 4 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1896
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End Date:
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June 1918
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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441
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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 (7.33x19.33)
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Saline
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9S 6E
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22
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NE NW NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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213
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4.7-8.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The mine had some problems with gas; one death was caused by a gas explosion. A dike was present in the mine, as well as faults that trended northwest. The roof was competent shale.
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: 2,801,997
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Company, 4103.S32 i5.1-1
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7-1-1950
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1:31680
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1:31680
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, shaft size, thickness, 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, geologic problems.
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| Company map, ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-1 - Mine outline (generalized), shaft location.A generalized mine outline is shown on the accompanying map because numerous map sources from the surrounding mines showed portions of the mine outline, but the sources did not fit well together and various portions of the outline were missing entirely. This source map shows the entire outline, but could not be used with the more detailed outlines from the surrounding mines, which mined very close to the workings of this mine.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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