Mine Index Number: 0535
| Company Name:
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Sahara Coal Company, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Sahara No. 12 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1905
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End Date:
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March 1938
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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1,000
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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 SW
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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 SW
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Geology
| Springfield
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415
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5.33 (4.5-8.0)
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Gas was abundant in places. Northwest-southeast trending faults were present in the eastern and western parts of the mine. The roof was good, except for two layers of “draw slate”. The first layer was taken down with the coal, and the second layer came down after a few months. The coal contained a pyrite layer near the top of the seam.
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: 4,722,216
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352792
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3-11-1938
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1:2400
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1:5131
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness.
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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 352792, reel 03140, frames 327 and 328 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
