Processing Plant: (Satellite)
Depot: (Satellite)
Three of the photos posted by Chris Mandrell with the comment: "Closed and abandon still has security though saline county."
Note the height of those toxic water storage ponds!
This street view confirms I have found the correct mine. (This was the first mine I found in that county.)
Debra Mikalauskas posted two photos with the comment:
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| Roger Kujawa posted Kerr Mcgee Coal Company Galatia Illinois Mine Mining Miner Belt Buckle |
Three of the photos posted by Chris Mandrell with the comment: "Closed and abandon still has security though saline county."
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Galatia Mine |
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| Toby Fowler posted View from the stacker bins at American Coal prep plant 2015 ....upper left corner was the main portal. |
This street view confirms I have found the correct mine. (This was the first mine I found in that county.)
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I'm saving an image of the shaft head because it has a good shadow and because I don't know if they plan to tear it down.
A conveyor still goes over the road, but it no longer goes to the shaft. But I thought it was odd they would take down the part over their land and not remove the part that goes over the road. So I checked with Global Earth. It turns out that as far back as 1998 the conveyor stopped where it stops today.
I don't understand why the conveyor just stops.
1001 KERR-MCGEE COAL CORP. GALATIA SHAFT RPP 1983-1988 HERRIN SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 KERR-MCGEE COAL CORP. GALATIA SHAFT RPP 1983-1988 SPRINGFIELD SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 KERR-MCGEE COAL CORP. GALATIA SHAFT LW 1988-1995 HERRIN SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 KERR-MCGEE COAL CORP. GALATIA SHAFT LW 1988-1997 SPRINGFIELD SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 AMERICAN COAL CO. GALATIA SHAFT LW 1998-2006 SPRINGFIELD SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 AMERICAN COAL CO. GALATIA SHAFT LW 2004-2006 HERRIN SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 AMERICAN COAL CO. NEW ERA SHAFT LW 2006-2017 HERRIN SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 AMERICAN COAL CO. GALATIA NORTH SHAFT LW 2006-2008 SPRINGFIELD SALINE 8S 6E 5
[Saline Directory]
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| TheSouthern [Apr 2017: they had laid off 300 in 2015-16 and then laid off some more at its New Future Mine in Galatia. And now, Aug 2019, Chris' post at the top of these notes reports that everything is abandoned. Didn't Trump promise he was going to save coal mining?] |
1001 KERR-MCGEE COAL CORP. GALATIA SHAFT RPP 1983-1988 SPRINGFIELD SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 KERR-MCGEE COAL CORP. GALATIA SHAFT LW 1988-1995 HERRIN SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 KERR-MCGEE COAL CORP. GALATIA SHAFT LW 1988-1997 SPRINGFIELD SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 AMERICAN COAL CO. GALATIA SHAFT LW 1998-2006 SPRINGFIELD SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 AMERICAN COAL CO. GALATIA SHAFT LW 2004-2006 HERRIN SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 AMERICAN COAL CO. NEW ERA SHAFT LW 2006-2017 HERRIN SALINE 8S 6E 5
1001 AMERICAN COAL CO. GALATIA NORTH SHAFT LW 2006-2008 SPRINGFIELD SALINE 8S 6E 5
[Saline Directory]
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted A little bit of the 5 seam shop. Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine. Logan Smith: That’s a nice shop for underground. |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine Southern Illinois Andy Jones: I saw a lot of them on the north when I was there. |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine Southern Illinois |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted, cropped July 1992 Examiner Jim Hansen checking for methane at the working coal face. Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine. Myron Dudenbostel: How thick of a seam of coal is that? Is that #5 or #6 coal? TIA.... David Minor: Myron Dudenbostel 5 seam David Spoon: I thought the #6 was 8’ David Minor: David Spoon not at that mine, 5 to 6 feet. |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted To prevent injuries, we "Stretched & Flexed" at the beginning of each shift at the Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine. 5 seam Maintenance Shop. Southern Illinois 1998 James D Rusher: That’s the only company I have ever seen that did this. Looks like a beneficial program for their employees. David Minor: James D Rusher Bob Murray put a stop to it. He said if you want to exercise, do it in the unemployment line. Debra Mikalauskas: David Minor - That's our Bob. [Additional comments indicate that Bob was the owner and "never seemed to respect the very people who worked so faithfully in a dangerous workplace that helped make him his fortune. Just saying."] |
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| Dennis Falmier posted Breaking 5 seam away from the shaft at Kerr McGee Galatia Mine.. Notice the brand new Lee Norse miner. Cody Overturf: I notice the water pouring in and the rubber boots Dennis Falmier posted |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine Saline County 5 seam 1996 Rockdusting at the end of the shift. |
Debra Mikalauskas posted two photos with the comment:
Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine5 seamSaline CountyThe cage landing on 5 seam.Nicely timbered and cribbed escape way.
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Debra Mikalauskas posted three photos with the comment: "Fossils in 5 seam, Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine."
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Putting the hardware on truss bolts. Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine. |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine 5 seam Maintenance Shop A few pics from the shop. It was way bigger than pictured. Steve Hooper: Can't believe Big Bird wasn't in the pictures! |
Depot
Christopher Dunn posted two photos with the comment:
Came across these photographs of the depot and a derailment in Galatia from the early 1900’s.I wasn’t sure if there was any photographs that existed of this depot until today.(Found on the Galatia Historical Society page)
Richard Fiedler shared
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| 2 This derailment is dated 1903 and occurred just west of Galatia. |
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| Craig Holmberg commented on Christopher's post Galatia, Saline County, Illinois, Nov., 1925 Sanborn Map Company |
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| 1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine |
Debra Mikalauskas posted two photos with the comment: "Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine breaker station. Oct. 2001."
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine. 1992 5 seam. And this roof bolter always wears gloves. He is just posing for the photo. [Some comments indicated that one wears gloves because the steel gets hot.] |
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| Rick Hitt commented on Debra's post, cropped West Virginia, a little difference in seam heighth. ! 🤣 ⛏ Daniel Robinson: Rick Hitt kerr McGee was 6-7 foot tall coal seam most of the time |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Roofbolting/equipment photos. Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine Saline County. 5 seam. |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted May 1998 Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine 5 seam Hubert Humfleet: How long did that mine last? That big coal and no rib bolts long ago guess it was dangerous, I only ever got to work small seams small mines even at same companies seems like was always shutting one down moving to another, I think 5 years longest I ever worked in one mine and everyone kinda disliked me for trying to run so much coal every shift but I felt it was my job being miner operator to run as much as possible. When I started there they told us first day that a real good day was 230’ when I retired 5 years later a bad day was 450 foot I guess they was just all used to not working lol Debra Mikalauskas: Hubert Humfleet - 1983 to 2017. |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine Preparation Plant from beginning to end. |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine. 1997 Tom Simpson: I worked in the 6 seam shop for 10 years=Best equipped shop any where in Southern Illinois:::bosses-Roy Jones & Uncle Briggs Dan Montgomery: 5 seam shop . That thing was amazing I have worked in the mines 20 years 2 country’s and never seen anything like that . The same with that bunker both blew my mind how massive they were and underground just blows me away . [There are lots of comments saying how good this shop was.] |
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| Debra Mikalauskas posted Kerr-McGee Galatia Mine 5 seam Jeff Wirth: Good size piece of top that fell from along the rib line, that would have hurt bad. |
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