Mine Index 3275 O’Gara Coal Company, O’Gara No. 2 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3275

Company Name:	O’Gara Coal Company
Mine Name:	O’Gara No. 2 Mine
Start Date:	1902	End Date:	1909
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	38
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 shaftConnected underground with O’Gara No. 3 Mine (mine index 608), and that mine probably provided ventilation so that an air shaft was not required.

Saline

9S 6E

15

SW SW NE

Geology

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

Springfield

150-245

6.0 (5.5-7.0)

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

New Coal Company (Charles G. New) (add)	Pennsylvania (add)	1902-1903	8,007

Egyptian Coal and Coke Company (add)	Egyptian No. 1 (add)	1903-1905Idle 1905	305

O’Gara Coal Company (add)	O’Gara No. 2 (add)	O’Gara No. 2	252,967

Total Production: 261,279

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

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Company map, ISGS map library, R4103.S32 i5.1-89, map of Sahara No. 3 Mine (mine index 608) - Shaft location, mine outline, mining method.