Sahara/O'Gara #12 was just a little southwest of here. And remnants of its tipple are still standing.
SouthernIllinoisRailroads Harrisburg Sahara Mine #1 Harrisburg City Building |
A view of the other side of the tipple.
Roger Kujawa posted K17/ Harrisburg Illinois Postcard c1940s Sahara Coal Mine Washery 326 |
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I included the town of Wasson in the upper-right corner to help correlate this photo with today's satellite images. The mine is on the left side of this excerpt.
1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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