Mine Index Number: 3291
| Company Name:
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O’Gara Coal Company
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| Mine Name:
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O’Gara No. 5 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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62
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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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| Main shaft
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Saline
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9S 6E
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31
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SE NE NW
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| Air / escape shaft
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Saline
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9S 6E
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31
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SE NE NW
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Geology
| Springfield
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143
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8.0
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6.0
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MRP
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Geological Problems Reported
Production
| Company
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Mine Name
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Date
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Production (tons)
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| Total Production: 484,745
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Production Notes
Coal Report production (if available)
Sources of Data
| ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-93
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8-2-1973
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1:7200
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1:7200
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Secondary source
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| Microfilm, document 352829
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Undated
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1:2400
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1:2400
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Undated
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Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)
| Coal Reports - Production, ownership, years of operation, seam, thickness.
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| Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Saline County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership, years of operation.
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| Mine notes (Saline County) - Mine type, shaft location, depth, thickness.
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| ISGS map library, 4103.S32 i5.1-93, map of Sahara Coal Company data - Mine outline (separation between No. 5 and No. 14 Mines).
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| Microfilm map, document 352829, reel 03140, frame 395 - Mine outline (partial), shaft locations.
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Mine Notes
Mine Images
Photographs
