Saline C: Eldorado, IL: O'Gara Coal Mine #8

(Satellite, the Gospel Assembly Church built on the north side of the mine's land.)

Roger Kujawa posted
O'Gara Coal Co. Mine No. 8, El Dorado, Illinois. 1910s Pc. This was on the NYC Cairo Line.
Roger Kujawa posted
postcard O'Gara Coal Company No. 8 El Dorado Illinois Posted 1914
Tommy Clark: I do believe that's where my Grandfather was fatally injured 1935. Charles Gilbert "Chaulk" Clark.

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Springfield Map

For the most part, the town grew north while the mine grew south.

1938 Aerial Photo from ILHAP

Note the image in the upper-right corner.

Raymond Barr posted
The postcard tells you these are the coal mines of Eldorado, Illinois. There were a couple more on the outskirts of town and many more in Saline County. The numbered mines were O'Gara Coal Company mines. The Big Four, Illinois Central and Louisville & Nashville railroads served these mines.
Bill Juntunen: Is there any signs of the mines today?
Raymond Barr: Only one site has not been redeveloped. The others have a church, a fertilizer plant and a homestead over them. The undeveloped property has one brick building and a lot of junk and weeds.