Mine Index 0664 Sahara Coal Company, Inc., Sahara No. 5 Mine

Mine Index Number: 0664

Company Name:	Sahara Coal Company, Inc.
Mine Name:	Sahara No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	1938	End Date:	August 1972
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	4,038
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Saline

9S 5E

29

SW SE NW

Slope

Saline

9S 5E

29

SE SE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

135

4.5-5.0

RPP

Geological Problems Reported

The coal contained pyrite in nodules and lenses up to 1.5 inches thick. Pyrite was also present as stringers at the base of the seam and locally as fracture fillings along with some calcite.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Bankston Creek Collieries Company Also operated as Fifth Vein Coal Company, as shown on a 1950 map. (add)	Bankston Creek No. 5 (add)	1938-1950	6,356,092

Sahara Coal Company, Inc. (add)	Sahara No. 5 (add)	1951-1972	11,270,620

Total Production: 17,626,712

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352839

7-11-1972

1:2400

1:4300

Final

Company, 10-5-49

6-23-1977

1:6600

1:6600

Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

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

Microfilm map, document 352839, reel 03140, frames 425-441 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method.

ISGS Coal Section files, 10-5-49, coal company compilation map - Mine outline (west, 25-T9S-R4E).