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

Mine Index Number: 3275

Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary

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

Shaft Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section
Main shaft	Saline	9S 6E	15	SW SW NE

Geology

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

Seam	Depth (ft)	Thickness Min	Thickness max	Thickness Ave.	Mining Method
Springfield	150-245			6.0 (5.5-7.0)	MRP

Production

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
New Coal Company (Charles G. New) (add)	Pennsylvania (add)	1902-1903	8,007

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Egyptian Coal and Coke Company (add)	Egyptian No. 1 (add)	1903-1905	305

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
O’Gara Coal Company (add)	O’Gara No. 2 (add)	O’Gara No. 2	252,967

Company	Mine Name	Date	Production (tons)
Total Production: 261,279

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map	Map Date	Original Scale	Digitized Scale	Map Type

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)

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

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

Bibliography
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.