Mine Index 3285 O’Gara Coal Company, O’Gara No. 6 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3285

Company Name:	O’Gara Coal Company
Mine Name:	O’Gara No. 6 Mine
Start Date:	1901	End Date:	1908
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	70
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

Saline

9S 6E

28

NW SW NW

Air shaft

Saline

9S 6E

28

NW SW NW

Geology

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

Springfield

119

6.0-7.0

MRP

Geological Problems Reported

The source map shows one area where a cave-in extended to the surface.

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Saline County Coal Company (add)	Saline County, Pinhook (add)	1901-1903	28,215

Gas Coal Company (add)	White Ash, Gas No. 1 (add)	1903-1905	162,000

O’Gara Coal Company (add)	O’Gara No. 6 (add)	1905-1908	271,236

Total Production: 461,451

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Microfilm, document 352793

9-1923

1:2400

1:4138

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352793, reel 03140, frames 329-332 - Shaft locations, mine outline, mining method, geologic problems.