Mine Index 3291 O’Gara Coal Company, O’Gara No. 5 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3291

Company Name:	O’Gara Coal Company
Mine Name:	O’Gara No. 5 Mine
Start Date:	1901	End Date:	1908
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	62
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

31

SE NE NW

Air / escape shaft

Saline

9S 6E

31

SE NE NW

Geology

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

Springfield

143

8.0

6.0

MRP

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Clifton Coal Company (add)	Clifton (add)	1901-1905	230,320

O’Gara Coal Company (add)	O’Gara No. 5 (add)	1905-1908	254,425

Total Production: 484,745

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-93

8-2-1973

1:7200

1:7200

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352829

Undated

1:2400

1:2400

Undated

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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.

ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-93, map of Sahara Coal Company data - Mine outline (separation between No. 5 and No. 14 Mines).

Microfilm map, document 352829, reel 03140, frame 395 - Mine outline (partial), shaft locations.