Mine Index 0608 Sahara Coal Company, Sahara No. 3 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0608

Company Name:	Sahara Coal Company
Mine Name:	Sahara No. 3 Mine
Start Date:	1905	End Date:	January 1937
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	1,372
Production Indicated Acres:	7	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

NW SE SW

Air / escape shaft

Saline

9S 6E

15

NW SE SW

Slope

Saline

9S 6E

23

NE NW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

245

5.0-7.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

A 1910 gas explosion killed a mine examiner. A series of northwest-southeast trending faults were present throughout the mine.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Egyptian Coal Company (add)	Egyptian No. 2 (add)	1905-1906	not reported

O’Gara Coal Company (add)	O’Gara No. 3 (add)	1906-1932 Idle 1915	6,847,713

Sahara Coal Company, Inc. (add)	Sahara No. 3 (add)	1933-1937	1,118,762

Sahara Coal Company (add)	Sahara No. 3 (add)	1937-1937	36,128 Production after map date

Total Production: 8,002,603

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

Not final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, geologic problems.

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location, seam, depth, thickness.

Company map, ISGS map library, R4103.S32 i5.1-89 - Shaft / slope locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.