Mine Index Number: 0802
| Company Name:
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Sahara Coal Company, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Sahara No. 7 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1944
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End Date:
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September 1986
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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323 in Herrin Coal, 531 in Springfield Coal
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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 slope
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Saline
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9S 5E
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16
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SE NW SE
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| Air slope
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Saline
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9S 5E
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16
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SW NE SE
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Geology
| Herrin (1982-1986)
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160-180
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4.5-5.0
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RPP
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| Springfield (1944-1957)
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288-295 (305-355)
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5.17-6.25
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RPP
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Geological Problems Reported
The Herrin Coal had a series of faults and rolls in the main north entries, most with displacements ranging from 6 inches to 7 feet. Several northwest-southeast trending faults cut through the mine in both seams, in some cases limiting development and in others not disrupting the pattern of mining at all. The displacement along these faults was often not noted on the source map. The source map for the Springfield Coal noted “bad top” along the east side of the mine. This probably prevented expansion in this direction, both for this mine and for Peabody No. 44 Mine’s (mine index 129) westward expansion in the same area. There is some faulting in this area as well.
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: 3,271,713
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_2580_01
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12-15-1959
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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| State archive, ms_31
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4-11-1988
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, depth, thickness, mining method.
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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, slope location, seam, depth, thickness, geologic problems.
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| State archive, IL_2580_01 - Slope locations, mine outline mining method, geologic problems (Springfield Coal).
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| State archive, ms_31 - Slope locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems (Herrin Coal).
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Sahara No. 7|Sahara No. 7]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/thumbnails/m0802_MS_31_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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ms_31
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| Company:
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Sahara Coal Company, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Sahara No. 7
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| Caption:
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Last Day of Work 09-09-1986
Mine Shut down 09-12-1986
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| Map Date:
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04-11-1988
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Final Map for Herrin Seam
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| More Info:
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M0802 ms 31
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/m0802 MS 31.zip
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![[[:Sahara No. 7|Sahara No. 7]]](https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/thumbnails/m0802_IL_2580_01_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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State Archive
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| Map ID:
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IL_2580_01
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| Company:
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Sahara Coal Company, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Sahara No. 7
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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12-15-1959
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| Map Status:
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Final
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Final map for the Springfield Seam
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| More Info:
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M0802 IL 2580 01
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| Full Res Download:These files are true to scale and most are georegistered for gis software. These files may be a very large (>1GB) download!
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https://go.illinois.edu/ILMImages/saline/m0802 IL 2580 01.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Idle 1955; last day worked 10-11-1957, mine abandoned 12-15-1959. Reopened in 1982.
