Mine Index Number: 0800
| Company Name:
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O’Gara Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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O’Gara No. 8 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1903
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End Date:
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1927
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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468
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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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8S 7E
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21
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SE NE SW
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| Air shaft
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Saline
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8S 7E
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21
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NW NW SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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403 (393-425)
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3.5-5.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Some gas was reported in 1908. Three men were killed in a 1921 gas explosion. Parts of the mine were affected by faults, but some of these areas were made accessible by installation of some improved haulage equipment. Near some of the faults, gas and considerable water were recorded. A mica-peridotite dike present in this mine was 6 to 8 feet across. The roof was good, but draw slate came down with the coal.
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: 2,678,853
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Microfilm, document 352834
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3-31-1927
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1:2400
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1:4138
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, depth, 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, depth, geologic problems.
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| Microfilm map, document 352834, reel 03140, frames 406-409 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
