Sahara Mine Number 7
Sahara Mine Number 7 is a quarry in Brushy Township, Saline, Illinois. Sahara Mine Number 7 is situated nearby to the nature reserve Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area, as well as near the village Carrier Mills.- Type: Quarry
- Description: mine in Saline County, Illinois, United States of America
- Address: IL
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area.
Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area
Nature reserve
The Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area is a 4,100-acre state park owned and operated by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. It is located in Saline County, five miles west of the small city of Harrisburg. Sahara Woods State Fish and Wildlife Area is situated 1½ miles southwest of Sahara Mine Number 7.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Carrier Mills and Harco.
Carrier Mills
Village
Photo: Ruhe1986, Public domain.
Carrier Mills, formerly Carrier's Mills and Morrilsville, also known as Catskin, is a village in Saline County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,672 at the 2020 census. Carrier Mills is situated 4 miles south of Sahara Mine Number 7.
Harco
Hamlet
Harco is an unincorporated community in Saline County, Illinois, United States. The Harrisburg Colliery Coal Company Mine was sunk in November 1916, in the center of section 27, township 8, range 5, Saline County, Illinois, and the town of Harco soon grew up around it. Harco is situated 4 miles north of Sahara Mine Number 7.
Sahara Mine Number 7
- Categories: mine and industry
- Location: Brushy Township, Saline, Illinois, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.73616° or 37° 44′ 10″ northLongitude
-88.65839° or 88° 39′ 30″ westElevation
413 feet (126 metres)Open location code
869HP8PR+FJOpenStreetMap ID
node 369059728OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=quarry
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