Mine Index Number: 0911
| Company Name:
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Sahara Coal Company, Inc.
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| Mine Name:
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Sahara No. 21 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1970
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End Date:
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1993
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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3,333
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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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17
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NE SE SE
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| Air shaft
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Saline
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9S 5E
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17
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SE SE SE
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Geology
| Springfield
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210-280
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6.0
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4.3-5.0
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RPP, LW, HER[1]
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Geological Problems Reported
The roof was good throughout. Falls occurred only along faulted or sheared roof areas. There were many discontinuous faults and fractures.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| State archive, IL_793_08
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7-1-1993
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Final
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| Company, 10-5-50
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10-20-1994
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1:12000
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1:12000
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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.
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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, thickness, geologic problems.
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| State archive, IL_793_08 - Shaft and slope locations, mine outline, mining method.
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| Company map, ISGS Coal Section files, 10-5-50 - Mining method.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
![[[:Sahara No. 21|Sahara No. 21]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/saline/thumbnails/m0911_IL_793_08_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_793_08
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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. 21
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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07-01-1993
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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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| More Info:
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M0911 IL 793 08
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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/m0911 IL 793 08.zip
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![[[:Sahara No. 21|Sahara No. 21]]](https://wikiimage.isgs.illinois.edu/ilmines/saline/thumbnails/m0911_th.jpg) These files may not be true to scale and are not georgistered.
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Map Type:
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Company
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| Map ID:
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10-5-50
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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. 21
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| Caption:
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| Map Date:
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10/20/1994
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| Map Status:
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Final/Secondary
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| Image Credit:
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| Note:
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Image is poor quality.
Secondary Source for Mine Index 4087
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| More Info:
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M0911
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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/m0911.zip
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Photographs
Notes
- ↑ Longwall mining was done in the northwest part of the mine. Pillars were pulled in several areas in the northern and southwestern parts of the mine.
