Mine Index 3319 Harrisburg Coal Mining Company, Harrisburg No. 4 Mine

Mine Index Number: 3319

Company Name:	Harrisburg Coal Mining Company
Mine Name:	Harrisburg No. 4 Mine
Start Date:	1925	End Date:	1927
Type of Mine:	Underground
Total acres shown:	531 The boundary between O’Gara No. 14 Mine (mine index 128) and Harrisburg No. 4 Mine could not be distinguished, and the acreage shown is for both mines. Harrisburg No. 4 Mine also mined some pillars in O’Gara No. 14, and Harrisburg No. 2 Mine (mine index 3320) surface-mined the southern part of the underground works.
Acres after map date:		General Area of mining acres shown:
Partially surface mined by Harrisburg No. 2 Mine (mine index 3320).

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type	County	Township-Range	Section	Part Section

Main slope

Saline

10S 6E

6

NE NE NENot shown on accompanying map because of later surface mining.

Geology

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

Springfield

6.0

9.0

6.42-7.0

MRP, HER

Production

Company

Mine Name

Date

Production (tons)

Harrisburg Coal Mining Company (add)	Harrisburg No. 4 (add)	1925-1927	336,482
Total Production: 336,482

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map

Map Date

Original Scale

Digitized Scale

Map Type

Mine notes

Undated

(text only)

1:24000Point plotted onto 1:24,000 USGS quadrangle and digitized.

Secondary source

Microfilm, document 352777

7-1-1927

1:1200

1:2483

Final

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

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

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

Mine notes (Saline County) - Slope location, thickness.

Microfilm map, document 352777, reel 03140, frames 299-301 - Mine outline, mining method.