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

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Unlocated Mines In: Saline unlocated
County: Saline
Quadrangle: Harrisburg
County Coal Data: Saline
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
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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 shaft[1] 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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
New Coal Company (Charles G. New) Pennsylvania 1902-1903 8,007
Egyptian Coal and Coke Company Egyptian No. 1 1903-1905[2] 305
O’Gara Coal Company O’Gara No. 2 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.

Mine Notes

Mine Images

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Notes

  1. Connected underground with O’Gara No. 3 Mine (mine index 608), and that mine probably provided ventilation so that an air shaft was not required.
  2. Idle 1905