Mine Index 4690   Saline Gas Coal Company,   Saline Gas Mine

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Unlocated Mines In: Gallatin unlocated
County: Gallatin
Quadrangle: Equality
County Coal Data: Gallatin
Shown On Map: Yes
Unlocated: No
MSHA ID:

Mine Index Number: 4690

Company Name: Saline Gas Coal Company
Mine Name: Saline Gas Mine
Start Date: Pre 1950 End Date: Unknown
Type of Mine: Underground
Total acres shown: None
Acres after map date: General Area of mining acres shown:

Shaft, Slope, Drift or Tipple Location(s)

Type County Township-Range Section Part Section
Mine Gallatin 9S 8E 19 SW NW NW

Geology

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

Geological Problems Reported

Production

Company Mine Name Date Production (tons)
Saline Gas Coal Company Saline Gas pre 1950 [1] Not reported

Production Notes

Coal Report production (if available)

Sources of Data

Source Map Map Date Original Scale Digitized Scale Map Type
ISGS mined-out area map, area 32 1950 1:62500 1:62500 Secondary source

Annotated Bibliography (Data source - brief description of information)

Directory of Illinois Coal Mines (Gallatin County) - Mine names, mine index, ownership.
ISGS mined-out area map, area 32 - Mine location.

Mine Notes

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Notes

  1. This company was not listed in the Coal Reports for Gallatin County. The production may have been reported in Saline County. Saline Gas Company mined near Harrisburg, with their No. 1 Mine operating 1917-1924 (mine index 3292) and the No. 3 Mine remaining unlocated near Harrisburg, and operating in 1927.