Mine Index Number: 3285
Accessible description: Mine Name and Data Summary
| Company Name:
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O’Gara Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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O’Gara No. 6 Mine
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| Start Date:
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1901
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End Date:
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1908
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| Type of Mine:
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Underground
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| Total acres shown:
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70
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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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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Main shaft
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Saline
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9S 6E
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28
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NW SW NW
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| Shaft Type |
County |
Township-Range |
Section |
Part Section
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| Air shaft
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Saline
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9S 6E
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28
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NW SW NW
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Geology
| Seam |
Depth (ft) |
Thickness Min |
Thickness max |
Thickness Ave. |
Mining Method
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| Springfield
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119
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6.0-7.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
The source map shows one area where a cave-in extended to the surface.
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Company |
Mine Name |
Date |
Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 461,451
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| Source Map |
Map Date |
Original Scale |
Digitized Scale |
Map Type
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| Microfilm, document 352793
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9-1923
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1:2400
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1:4138
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Final
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| Bibliography
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| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, thickness, seam.
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| Bibliography
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Bibliography
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.
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| Bibliography
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| Microfilm map, document 352793, reel 03140, frames 329-332 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
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Notes
