. DEPARTMENT _OF THE .INTERIOR 

· F:RANKLIN K. LANE, Serretary · 

.UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

· GEORGE OTis SMITH, Director 

Professional Paper 100-B 

rrHE COAL FIEI~DS OF THE ·uNITED·. STATES 

THE COAL FIELDS· OF OHIO 

BY 

J. A. BOWNOCKER 

STATE GEOLOGIST 

WITH A COl\fPUTATION OF THE 

ORIGINAL COAL CONTENT .. OF THE FIELDS 

BY 

F. R. CLARK 

Professional Paper 100, pages 35-96 

Published October 29, 1917 

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CONTENTS. 

Introduction ................ · .................................. ·, ................................ ~ ........ . 

Ac kno\v ledgn1en ts .................. · ..................................................................... . 

Location, extent, and producti<;m: ...... · .................... , .... • ........ .' .......................... . 

Topography and accessibility ...... · ................................................... ~ .............. . 

Geologic structure ............ • ............................................................ · ......... . 

1.'he coal·beds ................ · .......................................................................... . 

Cfeneral features .................................................................................... . 

Coal beds in the Pottsv.ille formation .................................. : ......... ~ .................... . 

O·eneral features ......................................................................... · ........ . 

Sharon (No. 1) coal bed ......... .' ................................................... : ............ . 

Quakertown (No. 2) coal bed ............ , .......................... ,. ........................... . 

Mercer (Nos. 3 and 3a) coal beds ...... · ........................................................ : . . . 

Tionesta (No. 3b) coal bed .......................................... , ............................ . 

Coal beds in the Allegheny formation ................................................................ . 

General features ..................... : ................. : ......................................... . 

~;:r~~:i~;o~~~) ~o~~~e~~~--- ~::::::::::: :·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :·:: :-:::::::::::::::::::: 

Lower Kittanning (No.5) coal bed .............................................................. . 

Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed ............................................................ .. 

Lower Freeport (No. 6a) coal bed ................................................................ . 

U ppet Freeport (No. 7) coal bed ............................... · .................................. . 

Coal beds in the Conemaugh formation ....................... : ...................... · ................. . 

Coal heels in the Monongahela formation .............................................................. . 

G-eneral features ............ · ..................................................................... . 

Pittsburgh (No.8) coal bed .................... : ......................................... · ........ . 

General features .................................................................. : : ........ : . 

Behnont field ........................................................ · ...................... :. 

Area between Belmont and 'Federal Creek fields ..................... ~ ........................ . 

Federal Creek field .............................................. ·.· ................... :: .... . 

s,van Creek field ............................................................................ . 

Pomeroy (No. Sa) coal heel ............ .- .................................. . ·: ...... : . ............. . 

Meigs Creek (No. 9) coal heel ....... : ...................................... ~ ..................... . 

Uniontown and Waynesburg coal beds ..................... · ............................... · ......... ·. 

Coal beds of the Dunkard group .................................................................... . 

Co\nposition of Ohio coals ........ · ....................... · ............................................... . 

Uses of Ohio coals ............................... : .................. .' ............... · ...................... . 

Range of the coals ..... · ............................................................................. . 

Coke ......................... ····-·---················:.·······:.··············· .. :·······.·.········· Ra\\~ coal for furnace use ................................................................ ~ ........ · .... . 

Domestic use .............. _ ...................................................................... · ... . 

G·as making ..................... · ................ _ .................... : ............................... . 

Steam raising ......................................................................................... . 

l3ibliography .......................................................................................... . 

Original coal content ofthe fields, by Frank R. Clark ..................... , ......... · ....... · . _. ....... ,. ..... . 

Introduction ....................... .' ............................................................... . 

Data on which estimates are based ........... .- .................................... : ................. . 

Methods of computation .................................... ~ .................. · ..................... . 

'£he estimates ...................................................................................... . 

Index .......••.................. _ ............... · ............................. : ....... ~ ................. . 

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ILLUSTRATIONS. 

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PLATE II. Map of Ohio showing outcrop of Upper Freeport (No. 7) and Pittsb~gh (No. S) coal beds or 

horizons ................................ ~ ............................ · ... : ...... ·.. . . . . . In pocket. t' 

III. Map of the Hocking Valley coal field (Middle Kittanning or No.6 coal bed), southeastern Ohio.... 52 

IV. A, Upper Freeport coal b,ed in creek bank, Salineville, ·columbiana County, Ohio; B, Shaft mine 

on Pittsburgh coal bed at Lafferty, Belmont County, Ohio................................. 56 

V. Map of the Cambridg~ coal field (Upper· Freeport coal bed), eastern Ohio ........... :.......... 58 

VI. A, Quarry in Mahoning sandstone member near Corning, Perry County, Ohio; B, Brush Creek 

limestone member of the Conemaugh formation near Dexter, Meigs County, Ohio............... GO . 

VII. Map of the Belmont coal field (Pittsburgh or No.8 coal bed); eastern Ohio...................... fi4 

VIII. A, Stripping Pittsburgh coal in Jefferson County, Ohio, with a steam shovei; B, Same. strip pit as 

shown in A after overburden has been removed ............. .". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gl:> 

IX. Map of the Pomeroy·coal field (Pomeroy or No. Sa-coal bed), southeastern Ohio .. ·................ 72 

FIGURE 4. Sections of Sharon(No.l) coal bed, in Lawrence township, Stark County, northwest of Massillon, Ohio 38 

5. Section of Sharon (No. 1) coal bed, Jackson, Jackson County, Ohio ..... : .... :................... 39 

6. Sectionsof Quakertown,(No. 2) coal bed, in Jackson County, Ohio ................. ·.· ........ ~.. 40 

7. Sections of Lower Mercer (No. 3) coal bed, in Ohio ............... :............................ 41 

8. Sections of Upper Mercer (No. 3a) coal bed, in Ohio.~ ..... ~ ................... · ......... ·_..... 41 

9. Sections of Brookville (No. 4) coal bed, iii Stark County, Ohio ..... : .................... : ... ~ .... · 43 

· 10. Sections of Brookville (No.4) coal bed, in Ohio................................................ . 44 

11. Sections of Clarion (No. 4a) coal bed, in Law-rence County, Ohio................................. 46 

12. Sections of Clarion (No. 4a) coal bed, in Ohio.................................................. 46 

13. Sections of Lower Kittanning (No.5) coal bed, in Ohio .................................. ·........ 47 

14. Sections of Lower Kittanning (No.5) coal bed, in Ohio:......................................... 48 

15. Sections of Lower Kittanning (No.5) coal bed, in Ohio.......................................... 48 

16. Sections of Lower Kittanning (No. 5) coal bed, in Lawrence County, Ohio ..................... :. 49 

17. Sections ofMiddle Kittanning (No.6) coal bed, in Ohio ... :..................................... 50 

1S .. Sections of Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio...................... 50 

19. Sections of Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed, in Tuscarawas County, Ohio...................... 50 

20. Sections of Middle Kittanning (No.6) coal bed,.in Coshocton County, Ohio ........... ;........... 51 

21. Sections of Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed, in Coshocton County, Ohio......................... 51 

.22. SeCtions of Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed, in Muskingum County, Ohio...................... 52 

23. Sections of Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed, in Perry County, Ohio ........ :.................. 52 

24. Sections of Middle Kittanning (No.6) coal bed, in Athens County, Ohio ... ~ ......... .- .. ·......... 53 

25. Sections of Middle Kittanning (No.6) coal bed, in Athens County, Ohio......................... 53 

26. Sections of Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed, in Ohio.......................................... 54 

27. Sections of Middle Kittanning (No.6) coal bed, in Gallia and Lawrence counties, Ohio:·........... 55 

2S. Sections of Lower Freeport (No. 6a) coal bed, in Jefferson C.ounty, Ohio.......................... .56 

29. Sections of Upper Freeport (No.7) coal bed, in Columbiana County, Ohio......................... 57 

30. Sections of Upper Freeport (No. 7) coal bed, ·in Guernsey County, Ohio.......................... 58 

31. Sections of Upper Freeport (No. 7)· coal bed, in Ohio ........................ ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

32. Sections of Upper Freeport (No. 7) coal bed, in Lawrence County, Ohio.......................... 60 

33. Sections of Pittsburgh (No. S) coal bed, in. Belmont County, Ohio ................ ·-.-............. 64 

34. Sections of Pittsburgh-(No. 8) coal bed, in Belmont County, Ohio............................... 64 

35. Sections of Pitti:lburgh (No. 8) coal bed, in Belmont County, Ohio ...... -~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 

36. Sections of Pittsburgh (No. S) coal bed, in Jefferson County, Ohio.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66 

37. Sections of Pittsburgh (No.8) coal bed, in Ohio................................................ 67 

38. Sections of Pittsburgh (No. 8) coal bed, in Ohio........................ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 

39. Sections of Pittsburgh (No. 8) coal bed, in Gallia County, Ohio ....... ·.......................... 70 

40. Sections of Pittsburgh (No.8) coal bed,-in Gallia County, Ohio .... ,............................ 71 

41. Sections of Pomeroy.(No. Sa) coal bed, in Meigs County, Ohio.................................. 71 

42. Sections of Pomet:OY (No. Sa) coal bed, in Gallia and Meigs counties, Ohio....................... 71 

43. Sections of Pomeroy (No. Sa) coal bed .... .-................................................... 72 

44. Sections of Meigs Creek (No.9) coal bed, in Belmont County, Ohio............................. 73 

45. Sections of Meigs Creek (No.9) coal bed, in Belmont County, Ohio ........... -.-................. 74 

46. Sections of Meigs Creek (No.9) coal bed, in Ohio ........................................ ,..... 74 

47. Sections of Meigs Creek (No.9) coal bed, in Noble County, Ohio................................ 76 

4S. Sections of Meigs Creek (No. 9).coal bed, in Morgan County~ Ohio.............................. 77 

49. Sections of Meigs Creek (No.9) coal bed, in Ohio ................................ ·................ 7S 

IV 
THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 

By J. A. BowNOCKER. 

INTRODUCTION. 

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 

In preparing this paper the writer made free 

uso of previous publica-tions on the coal and the 

coal fields of Ohio. Many acknowledgments 

ttl'O made in the text, but the contributions of 

Dr. Edward Orton and the chemical work of 

Profs. N. vY. Lord and E. E. Somermeier 

dc•serve special mention.: Prof. F. A. Ray 

hn,s prepared the map of the Hocking Valley 

field, whlch shows for the first time in print 

the "great fault." lie has also prepared a 

1nap .of the Cambridge field showing its possible extensions to the northeast and a map 

showing the eastward extension of the Pomeroy field. Dr. C. R. Stauffer has placed at 

the writer's disposal a section of the Dunkard 

gt;oup, with notes, and Mr. Wilbur Stout has 

supplied data bearing on th:e lower coal beds 

of southern Ohio. Many analyses of coals 

have been taken from bulletii1s of the United 

States Geological Survey and the . Bureau of 

11incs and still others from Bulletin 9 of the 

Ohio Geological Suryey.-

LOCATION, EXTE:to_iT, AND PRODUCTION. 

The coal fields of Ohio lie in the eastern pm't 

of the State, extending from near the shore of 

Lake Erie in Geauga and Lake counties southwestward to Scioto and Lawrence counties, 

on Ohio River. · An area of about 12,600 

square miles1 nearly one~third of the State, 

is underlain by coal-bearing rocks. These 

fields form the western rim of tl{e great Appalachian trough, which extends for 850 miles 

southwestward from northern Pennsylvania 

to central Alabama and has a width of about 

180 miles in its widest part.. _. . 

The Ohio fields contain 11 coal beds tha.t 

are regularly mined for railroad shipme.nt. 

These beds, named and numbered from tJ:le 

bottom up, are the Sharon (No. 1), Quakertown (No. 2), Upper Mercer (No. 3a), Clarion 

(No. 4a), Lower Kittanning (No. 5), Middle 

Kittanning (No. 6), Upper Freeport (No. 7), 

11ahoning (No. 7a), Pittsburgh (N.o. 8), Pomeroy (No. Sa), and Meigs Creek (No. 9). Two 

other beds, the Brookville (No. 4) and Lower 

Fr~eport (No. 6a), are regularly milled at some 

places to supply local demand., · and eight 

others are occasionally mined at iavorable 

places. . 

· . The Ohio fields are favored by good shipping 

·facilities, both by rail and river, and lie within 

easy hauling distance of_ Lake Erie and of 

large manufacturing cities. Further, the area 

is· not far from the center of population of the 

United States. These facts have .made Ohio 

o_ne of the large coal-producing States. In 1915 

it ranked fourth in-coal mined, and its output 

was over ·6 per cent of the total for the United 

States. The following figures show the growth 

and magnitude of the coal-mining industry in 

Ohio: 

Coal rnined in Ohio in certain years. 

. Short tons. 

1838 .. -.... -...... -.. -- .. -.--. 119, 952 

1850. - - -... - - - - . - -.. - . - . - - - . - 640, 000 

1860 .. - : . - . -.. - - - .. - . - - . - .. - . l, 265, 600 

1870 .. -..... - -.. - -.. - . - . - - . - - 2, 527' 285 

1880 •.. -... - . -.. -.. - - -.. - - . - . 6, 008, 595 

1890 .. - .. "-._·_ .. -.... -- .. -.-- 11,494,506 

1900. - . - ... - - - - - . - - . -· .. - - - - - - 18, 988, 15() 

1913 ..... " .... -......... -- .. 36,200,527 

1914 .......... ---.--- .. -.. - .. 18, 843,115 

1915 .. -.......... -' ......... - 22, 434, 691 

The total co_al produced in the State up tothe end ·of 1915 is 723,956,352 short tons, or · 

6.64 per cent of the total quantity of coal mined 

to that date in the United States. 

TOPOGRAPHY AND ACCESSIBILITY. 

The coal-bearing area of Ohio is generally 

hilly and. is most so in the counties that border Ohio River, where hills ip. places rise 500 

feet. During the glacial epoch a great sheet .. 

of ice invaded the northern ehd · of the coal 

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fields, planing down the hills and filling the part of this trough is in. West Virginia along a 

valleys and completely modifying the surface. line-rlinning almost direct froin Pittsburgh, Pa., 

-The ice extended as far south as middle Co- to Huntington, W. Va. Toward this deepest 

lumbiana, southern Stark, and northern Hohnes part the rocks dip on both sides, those in Ohio 

counties. Consequently the counties of Por- dipping generally southeastward from the 

tage, Mahoning, Columbiana, Stark, Summit, outermost limit of the coal fields. 

and Medina, lying ·north of this border, are Although the coal-bearing rocks dip gener·· 

in places rolling and in places nearly flat. ally southeastward at a gentle rate they show 

Numerous streams trench the coal-bearing many local exceptions, the most prominent of 

rocks and along their western border have cut which are due to low folds or anticlines. 

through them and are now at work on the . Orton. says:. 

underlying Mississippian formations.· The Cuy- ahoga, Mohican, Walhonding, and Hocking There are· some points, and espec.ially in eastern Ohio, where the dip rises to 1°, which gives an inclination of 

are examples of such streams. Other streams 1 foot in 57 feet, or, in other words, about 93 feet to the 

that deeply' trench but do not cut through the mile, but the usual limits are between 20 and 40· feet 

coal-bearing rocks are Ohio, Tuscarawas, to the mile. Throughout a considerable part of the 

Muskingum., Little Muskingum, and lower Hocking Valley, for exa.mple, the dip is quite steady at 

Hocking rivers. an average of 27 feet; to t.he mile, its direction here being 

about 65° east of south. 

The coal outcrops not only at its proper 

place along the western margin of the coal 

fields but also in many places in valleys 

miles east of the margin.· The eastward 

dip of the strata is slight and ~arries the coal 

below drainage gra~ually, so that deep shafting is at present necessary in only a few places. 

It follows, therefore, that the coal is accessible 

to an unusual degree in comparison with that 

of many States. 

The coal fields of Ohio are well supplied 

with railroads, being crossed by several of the 

large east-west systems ana by other roads, 

which lead directly to· the Great Lakes. These 

main lines, together with their many branches, 

make accessible almost all parts of this large 

region. Ohio River, which. has trenched its 

way through the coal fields from Pittsburgh to 

a point below Ironton, should be one of -the 

great highways for the movement of heavy 

· freight, such as coal, but the shallowness of 

its water during the summer has prevent~d the 

development of such a trade. The Govern-· 

merit is, however, engaged in building locks 

and dams to produce slack water deep enough 

for navigation, and when all these are com-

. pleted it is supposed that much of the freight 

originating in this inland region will reach the 

coast by Ohio and Mississir~pi rivers. 

GEOLOGIC STRUCTURE. 

The coal-bea;ring rocks of Ohio are pa~t of 

the great structural trough of the Appalachians. (Se~ Pl. II, in pocket.) The deepest 

Some of the most marked variations from 

the monotonous southeastern dip are 'found in 

Washington.County, especially along Cow and 

New~ll runs. On the bank of Ohio River, a 

short distance above the mouth of Newell 

Run, the Cambridge limestone is above drainage level and its vertical displacement, due to 

the arching of the rocks, is about 600 feet. 

On Cow ·Run the rocks form a dome, from 

whose center the coal dips away in all directions~ This arch .has raised both the Pittsburgh and Meigs Creek coal beds above drainage over a small. area. The Cambridge anticline is one of the most prominent in eastern 

Ohio and causes the coal beds west of Cambridge to rise instead of dip. eastward, as they 

normally would. Another departure from the 

normal is found in the south,eastern corner of 

Belmont· County, where for several miles a 

fold lifts the Pittsburgh coal ·above the beds 

of Captil;la Creek. Between· Wellsville and 

East Liverpool is another low arch, but the 

coal in this locality is thin and the effect of 

the arch, so far as coal is concerned, is unimportant. The most notable upturning of 

rocks in the coal measures is near Mineral 

City, in Tuscarawas County, where the strata 

at one place are nearly vertical and the 

effects on the mining of the coal great. Small 

arches occur in the eastern part of Harrison 

Oolinty (where the Pittsburgh .coal occurs), 

in central Belmont County, and in a few places 

in counties to the southwest. 
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THE COAL BEDS. 

GENERAL FEATURES. 

in the southeastern part of the State and is 

without workable coal beds-workable in this 

report being applied to beds which are either 

being mined at the present time or are of a 

thickness about equal to such beds. In general, the limit of workability at the present 

time in Ohio is about 2 .feet. 

The coal-bearing rocks of Ohio are all of 

Carboniferous age and are limited to· the 

upper part of this systern. The Ca~·boniferous 

systern, · as recognized by the Un1ted St~tes 

Geolocrical Survey, consists of three senes,· 0 

narned h p · COAL BEDS IN THE POTTSVILLE FORMATION .. fr01n above downward, t e enn1an, 

Pennsylvanittn, and ~1ississippian. The c~albear.ing rocks belong to. the Penn~ylvan1~n 

series and to such part of the Pennian series 

ns is present. 

The Pern1ian and Pennsylvanian coal-bearing strata of Ohio·, like those farther east, are 

divided into several formations/ the Dunkard 

group ("Upper Barren Co~l ~1easures")! including Greene and W aslungton fonnatwns; 

the ~1onongahela formation (~(Upper Productive Coal ~1easures"); the Conemaugh formation ("Lower Barren Coal Measures"); the 

Allegheny formation ("Lower P~oductive C?al 

Measures"); and the Pottsville . formatwn 

(''Conglomerate group''). 

Most of these forn1at.ions, to which Orton 

assigned an aggregate maximum thickness of 

1, 700 feet, possess individuality.; b.ut the Pottsville and Allegheny grade into each other and 

the line of their separation is drawn somewhat 

arbitrarily. The Conemaugh contains a few 

thin coal beds, only one of which is now 

worked for railroad shipment and ·that at a 

single place. Shale. predorninates in this fornlation, but sandstone is common, and several 

thin beds of fossiliferous lin1estone occur, 

notably the Brush Creek, Cambridge, and 

Ames n1en1bers, of 1narine origin. The formation is lin1ited belo,\r by the top of the Upper 

Freeport (No. 7) coal and above by the b.ase 

of the Pittsburgh (No. 8) coal bed. No f01~ 

. mation in the Pennsylvanian is 1nore definitely 

bounded. . 

The ~1onongahela forn1ation };las for its basal 

n1e1nber the noted Pittsburgh coal bed, which 

in 1nany places is -very pronunent on account 

of its thickness, .and in other places is thin and 

inconspicuous. The upper limit of the fornlation is 1narked by the horizon of the W ayneshurcr coal the coal itself being generally thin 

or ;anti~g. The Dunkard group, which i~l­ cludes the hiahest forn1ations in the· geologic 

cohunn in Ol~o, forn1s the summit of the hills 

1 Prosser, C. S., Ohio Geot. Survey, 4th sm·., Hull. 7, p. 4, 1905. 

GENERAL FEATURES. 

The Pottsvi11e fonnation, forinerly lmown 

as the u Conglomerate group," which according to Orton is 250 feet thick, extends irregularly fr01n Trumbull County southwestward 

to Scioto County. It is broadest in northern 

Ohio, where it has ·a maxim run width of approximately 40 miles,· and it narrows south-

'~estward to perhaps )ess than 16 miles. Its 

basal member is the ~~Pottsville" or Sharon· 

conglomerate, and its summit is formed by the 

Homewood sandstone member. Overlying the 

IIomewood is the Brookville coal, which constitutes the basal member of the Allegheny' 

formation. It must be confessed, however, 

that the upper linut of the Pottsville formation is not sharply marked and that, so far as 

Ohio ·is concerned, no very good reason exists 

for separating it from the overlying Allegheny 

formation. I:Iowe-ver, 'the Ohio geologists have 

always accepted the classification of Pennsylvania ,vorkers, who divided the· lower coal 

n1easures into two formations, and it seems best 

to continue that division. The following table 

shows the sequence of coals and interbedded 

rocks as given by Orton: · 

Ge?J,eralsection of the Pottsv-illeforma.tion in Ohio. 

Homewood sandstone. 

Tionesta (No. 3b) coal._ 

Upper Mercer group: 

Ore . 

·Limestone. 

Up.per Mercer (No. 3a) coal. 

Lower Mercer group: 

Ore. 

Limestone. 

Lower Mercer (No. 3) coal. 

Upper Massillon sandstone. · 

Quakertown (No. 2} coal. 

Lower Massillon sandstone. 

Sharon (No. 1) coal. 

SHARON (NO. 1) COAL BED. . 

The Sharon is the lowest of Ohio coal beds 

and is workable in only the ex~reme parts of the 

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in Stark County and Jackson and vicinity in 

Jackson County. 

Massillon field.~ The Mas.sillon field is by far 

the larger producer ;·in fact, were it riot for that 

field the coal would scarcely be noticed in these 

pages ... The area of the Massillon field is, however, small, though it includes parts _of four counties. At present the coal is mined for railroad 

shipment in parts of Lawrence and Tuscarawas 

townships, Stark County; part of Sugar Creek 

Township, Wayne County; a small area near 

Nimisi\a, a hamlet in Franklin Township, Summit County; and near Deerfield station in the 

extreme. southeast corner of Portage County. 

I-Iowever, La·wrence and Tuscarawas townships 

·of Stark County have always been considered 

the "heart of the bed," and the best of the coal 

is st!ll found within their borders.· East of 

Tuscarawas River the Sharon coal_is nowhere 

present in the vicinity of Massillon but is found 

to the north in Summit County. The coal is 

lmown in the market as the Massillon coal. In 

'July, ~915, 14 mines had railroad c"onnection. 

The annual produc~ion of the fielcl15 years ago 

was about 1,000,000 tons; in 1915 it was about· 

500,000 tons, and it will continue to decrease 

year by year until the bed is ·exhausted. A 

little prospecting with the drill is occasionally 

done, but the life of the field will probably not 

extend much beyond 10 years. 

·The Geological Survey of Ohio has never 

mapped this coal for the reason that it does not 

form or even resemble a continuous bed but 

consists of a series of basins or pockets whose 

limits can be determined only by drilling or 

m1n1ng. The largest b~sin or pocket is said to 

have had an area of about 300 acres; and at 

present mines for. railr.oad shipment are opened 

in basins having no greater area than 10 acres. 

Many of the basins contain masses of ro.ck, 

known as horsebacks, whose area may vary 

from 1 to 5 acres. · Commonly ·the coal bed 

thins and its quality deterioratea t~ward the 

margins of .the basins, but in places it ends 

abruptly. Slope mining is possible in places 

where the streams_ have cut through the coal 

bed, and such mines ~re easy to drain, but at 

present nearly all the· mining is done through 

shafts, most of which are less than· 200 feet 

d~ep. . 

The coal bed differs frmn· other coal beds of 

Ohio In being without persistent partfngs. 

Some pyrite is present, especiaJly along the 

borders of the. basins or where horsebacks occur. 

Nevertheless the coal i.s unusually free from impurities, greatly enhancing the estee~ in which 

it has always been held. The bed, in greatest 

thickness, measures 4-! to 5. feet, but it changes 

sharply and may pinch out in a short distance. 

Two feet is generally the n1inimum ·thickness 

now mined. A variation in thickness from 5 

inches to 2 feet 6 inches is shown in figure 4} 

which represents two sections in Lawrence 

Township, Stark County. The changes are clue · 

to unevenness in both roof and floor, but perhaps more commonly to those in the roof. In · 

places the floor l.s notably uneven,_ and the coal 

1nay lie on a low swell instead of a flat surface. 

Shale commonly forms the roof and clay the 

floor, but in places sandstone forms orie or both. 

·The coal is open burning (that is, it does not 

fuse during combustion), lustrous, produces a 

good proportion of lump, and stands transportation .well. · 

Films of calcium A Ft. in. 

carbonate known ~c~:Y:e ~-=--- s as ''white-cap'' ~ 

B. 

F't. tn. 

are common on 

"the surface of the 

coal and give it a 

spotted appearance. The coal 

SaodS=~~:::_ t 6 

Clay -;;-

FIGURE 4.-Sections of Sharon (No.1) coal 

bed in Lawrence Township, Stark 

County, northwest of ~assillon, Ohio. 

along the western margin of the field, although 

good, is not quite ~p to the highest standard of 

the· bed. The great use of the coal has always 

been for domestic purposes. It is clean, 

ignites easily, makes a hot fire, and produces 

little ash. It contains an average of about 53! 

per cent of fixed carbon, 37 per cent of volatile 

matter, 5! per cent of moisture, and 4 per cent 

of ash. _ Fifteen samples gave- an average of 

4.2 per cent of ash, _two of these showing less 

than 2 per cent and the highest 6.6 per cent. 

Cleveland has always been the principal market 

for the coal. 

· Formerly there was, in the Mahoning Valley, 

a small area of the Sl;laron coal which bore a 

fine reputation. It was know~ as the Mahoning block coal and was used raw in blast furnaces an~ for domestic purposes. This coal is 

at present shipped from the Mahoning Valley 

from only one mine near Lowellville, but it is 

worked in a small way for local use at other 

places. · 

• 
r 

THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 39 

Jackson Oounty.-The Dther field of Sharon 

co~l lies in Jackson County, in the southern 

part of the State, but it is smaller and of much 

less importance than the Massillon field. It is 

loenlly known as the Jackson Shaft coal. The 

coni is at its best in both thiclmess and qu~ity 

under the town of J·ackson~ where it measures 

3 to 4 feet. (See fig: 5.) It was discovered in 

1863 and is nearly worked qut. It is found in 

scattered hills and ridges west of Jackson, especially in Liberty Township, ancl is 1nined for 

railroad ship1ne.nt and for use among far1ners. 

Two furnace cmnpanies mine the coal for their 

own usc. Wilber Stout estimates that the 

area of Sharon con.l of workable thickness in 

J·aekson County is about 25 square miles but 

"duo to wants, thin places, shaly conditions, 

and weathered outcrop, not to 

A Ft. ln. exceed 50 per cent of this is 5hele 

workable area." 

A smnple of Sharon coal fron1 

3 6 Decatur n1ine No.1, 5 n1iles west Coat 

Clay 

FICl Ultl~ 5.-Section 

or Sharon (No.1) 

coal bod, Jacksou, Jacks on 

County, Ohio. 

of Jackson, shows on analysis 

1noi_sture 13.6, volatile 1natter 

31.8, fixed carbon 50.4, ash 4.2, 

and sulphur 0.86 per cent. Its 

heat value is 11,680 B. t. u. 1 

Other samples from the san1e 

general locality show a great·er heating capacity, the highest being 14,220 B. t. u. 

'fhe coal bed commonly has an uneven floor 

and hence varies greatly in thickness. It is 

hn,rd, dry burn,ing/ low in ash,very low in sul~ 

phur, and is still used raw in the blast furnaces 

for Inaki.t)g pig iron .. It is excellent for donlestic purposes. 

QUAKERTOWN (NO.2) COAL BED. 

-'I'he Quakertown (No. 2) coal, known also as 

the Wellston or Jackson I-Iill bed, is the ·second 

coal in importance in the Pottsville fonnation. 

The position of this bed with reference to the 

Slutron is well shown by the following section, 

1neasured byWilber Stout: 

Section in sec. 18, Lick Township, Jackson County, Ohio. 

Ft. in. 

Shale ...................................... ~ ..... 10 0 

Coal, Quakertown, reported thickness.......... 2 G 

Covered ........ : .................... ,_ ........... 24 0 

1 A British thormal unit (B. t. u.) is tho quantity of heat required to 

mis!l the temperature of 1 pound of water 1 oF. at or ncar 39.1 o F.,.tho 

· tcmpcro.turo of maximum density. British thormalunits may bo roducod to pound calories by multiplying by 0.5556 and to French calories 

by multipyiug l>y 0.252. · · 

s 'l'ho torm dry burning is appliod to a coal that doos not fuse during 

combustion and that burns slowly. 

Ft. in. 

Sandstone, massive ............ " " • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 0 

Covered.......................................... 5 0 

Shale, part covered ............................... 22 0 

Coal, Sharon, reported thickness.............. 2 8 

Covered ................ ~......................... 2 0 

Conglomerate, Sharon ............................. 40 0 

141 2 

· The one- known important area of Quakertown coal is in Jackson County (Coal, Washington, and Milton townships), where, according to Orton, it was originally 9 miles long 

·and had a maximum width of 4 miles. The· 

.coal was discovered by fl. S. Blindy in 1872 

in sinking a shaft for the Sharon or Jackson 

Shaft coal for furnace use. The coal soon 

proved its value for steam and domestic purposes, and its output. grew rapidly, making 

Jackson County for a tin1e first in coal production in the State. Although coal i$ obtained 

frmn other beds in the county, that derived 

from the Quakertown is by far the largest, and 

the variations in outpu't are due largely to the 

conditions of n1ining in that bed. 

Prod·uction in sho1't tons of coal in Jackson County, Oh1'o. 

1885 . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . 791, GOS 

1890 ............ ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836, 449 

1902 ............... ~ . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 412, 509 

1910 ......................... _.. 878, 656 

1913 ......................... ·.· 587, 044 

1914 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532, 831 

1915 .... _.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565, 309 

The maximum output was in 1902 and since 

that ye·ar production has declined notably and 

will doubtless conti;nu~ to do· so unless other 

beds in-the county are nniCh more extensively 

worked than -they are at present .. 

Stout says that "The best of the entire field 

was in the vicinity of Wellston, where the bed 

had a regular thickness close to 4 feet [see fig. 

6] and the coal wfl.s of excellent quality." The 

co~l in this area is now exhausted, except for 

small blocks left in the old mines where the cover 

is.thin or the dip such as to cause trouble from 

water. Eastward from Wellston the coal bed 

gradually thins, but no drill records defining 

this border of the field have been obtained. 

The largest body of minable Wellston coal at 

present lies in .this area . 

. The coal is found in workable quantity 

along the southern borq.er of Washington 

Township, but farther north, except in sees. 

10 and 15, it is of such poo~ qua~ity as t~ be 

wor~hless or is cut out entirely by sandstone. 
40 THE COAL FIELDS OF -THE' UNITED STATES. 

Coal Township contained the largest area of respects first class for domestic purposes. 

the Quakertown coal, nearly its entire surface Another small pocket of this ·coal has been 

being underlain by it. Moreover, the thick- reported in the western part of ·Hocking 

· ness reached 4 feet and the quality rivaled the County. · 

best in. the field .. However, the coal is practically exhausted. 

The coal bed should lie above drainage in 

southern Lick, eastern Scioto, western ·Fr~nklin, and eastern Hamilton townships, but it is 

MERCER (NOS. 3 AND 3a) COAL BEDS. 

General features.--The Lower Mercer (No. 3) 

and Upper Mercer (No .. 3a) coal beds may be 

easily followed across the State because of the 

. A . 

. ~hale ln. 1"' 

B f"t. c ftln. D Ft. 

3 6 Sands:::: ~~e> 

limestones of the same names 

1IDder which they lie. However, they ar.e not of great 

value. The Lower Mercer, although mined in a few pJaces 

for local use, is nowhere worked 

Shale Shale 

Coal Z 6 

Coal 

Coal 4 

Clay {~- Clay=::;..-

Clay Clay . on a basis' for railroad shipFIGURE 6.-8ections of Quakertown (No. 2) coal bed in Jackson County, O.hio. A, 

Jackson; B, Wellston; C, Glen Roy; D, Washington Township. 

ment. The Upper Mercer is 

mined in . a larger way in C<?-

shocton County. 

either w·anting or is represented by only a few 

inches of coal or bony shale. For 25 years 

efforts have heen made with the drill to discover minable coal on the east border of the 

county and farther east in Vinton County and 

thus extend the producing territory, but only 

small areas of good coal, most of the beds thin, 

.have been discovered. The coal usum1ly has 

an even floor, but iil. places it forms knolls, 

over which the bed is thin·. The roof is of 

. shale and of good strength. 

The Wellston coal is fairly tender and does 

not st_and mining and transportation well. It 

is bright and free from shale or clay except 

near the roof and floor. Sulphur and ash are 

low. The coal is o"pen burning. As a domestic coal it is excellent, and it is to be regretted 

that its use could not have been restricted 

to that purpose. \) According to an analysis 

made by E. E. Somermeier of a sample taken 

)n the Wainwright mine, i:g. sec. 4, Milton 

Township, the coal shows moisture .9.3, vola-, 

tile matter 33.0, fixed carbon 54.2, ash 3.5, 

sulphur 1.25, and nitrogen 1.39 per cent. Its 

heat value· is 12,530 B. t. u. 

Within the past few years a pocket of 

Quakertown coal has been located and mined 

in Elk Township, Vinton County, a few n1iles 

north of McArthur. The coal, where mined, 

usually ranges from 2 feet 6 inches to 4 feet in 

thickness. It has a shale roof, clay floor, and 

is free from in1purities., The coal in places has 

a few inches of cannel and seems to be in all 

Holmes, Mahoning, Tuscarawas, and Stark 

counties.-The relations of the Mercer to both 

the overlying and the underlying coals are 

·shown in the following general section for 

Holme.s County by A. A. Wright: 

General section of the Mercer coals and the adjacent strata, 

Holmes County, Ohio . 

Coal, Brookville (No. 4). Feet. 

Sandstone and shale ............ : ... :............... 20 

· Coal, Tionesta (No. 3b) . 

Sandstone, shaly ..... ~........................... 20 

Limestone, Upper Mercer, thin. 

Coal, Upper Mercer (No. 3a). 

Shale.......................................... 30 

Limestone, Lower Mercer, thin. 

Coal, Lower Mercer. 

Shale ................................ ·........... 22 

Coal (No. 2a). , 

Sandstone, Upper Massillon ................... ·_.. 38 

Coal, Quakertown (No. 2). 

Sandstone, Lower Massillon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 

Coal, Sharon (No. 1). 

170+ 

The Mercer coals and associated limestones 

are found in 11ahoning County, and both coal 

beds are. in places mined by .farmers. The. 

lower bed was once WOTked in' a small way for 

railroad shipment in this county, and the upper 

bed has long beeri a local source of fuel near the 

village of Canfield. Both coal beds have been 

mined by farmers in Holmes and Tuscarawas · 

counties, but both are much broken by partings 

in Holmes- County and of little or no importance. in Stark County. (See fig. 7.) 
; I 

THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 41 

Coshocton Oounty .-Western· C o s h o c t o n 

County contains the best-known field of Mercer coal in Ohio. The Upper Mercer (No. 

3a) coal, here known as the Bedford cannel coal, is workable, according to Orton, over 

about 1,500 acres. It lies in the northern part 

of Bedford Township and the adjacent part of 

J'cfferson. The coal has a maxinlum thickness 

of 9 foot, not all of which, however, is cannel. 

/~ Ft. ln. 

Limestone Goal I 5 

8~1 - ~ Shale ;;::_ · . 

Clay 

Coal 

·Shale 

Coal, cannel 

·Coal 

Clay 

Coal 

Clay 

]~\ . Ft. in. 

0 

8 

6 

'6 

6. 

a 

FIGURE 7.-Sections or Lower Mercer (No. 3) coal bed in Ohio. A, 

· Hardy 'l'ownship, Holmes County; B, Washington Township, 

·Hocking County. 

Sections show a bed of bituminous coal above 

the cannel, but its quality is usually not good. 

(See fig. 8.) 

Section of Upper .Mercer coal bed in old Mowrie mine, 

Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. 

Feet. 

Limestone and flint, Upper Mercer................ 2 

Coal, bituminous, upper part pyritiferous, 

lower partao[t'. ................ · ............ · 3 

Coal, canneL................................. 5 

Clay. 

10 

~rho cannel is .strong and tough and does not 

disintegrate when exposed to the weather or, 

to transportation. 

:A:luslcingum and Licking counties.·-Muskingtnn County has both Mercer coal beds, but 

here the lower is the more inlportant. It has 

been mined in a very ·small way in :Hopewell 

Township in the western part of the county, 

and just over the line in Licking County it 

constitutes the well-lmown Flint Ridge cannel. 

The coal here is 3 to 4 feet thick and was for-

, Jnerly used for distilling illuminating oil. It 

contains some layers of shale, which makes it 

high in ash. Its area is small, and it is worked 

only for local needs. 

Pen·y, Iloclcing, (ln(Z Vinton counties.-Perry 

and flocking counties have both coal beds, but 

it is rare that either attains a thickness of 2 

:feet. Vinton County n1akes a. little better 

showi~1g. Near Zaleski the Lower Mercer coal 

has a good thickness, but it is dirty and can 

not c01npete in the market with other coal 

' ' 

mined in this county. In Richland Township 

it is 28 inche~ thick and is worked by farmers. 

The Upper Mercer coal has .long been. mined 

for local use in the vicinity· of McArthur, where 

it is. known as the Newland coal. At its best 

the bed measures 5 feet, part of which is cannel coal. 

Ja,ckson Oounty .-The Lower Mercer coal has 

been mined by farmers in I-Ian1ilton and northern ·washington townships, Jackson County, 

where it n1easures 24 to 30 inches and is of 

good quality. The Upper Mercer coal is also 

found in Jackson. County with a thickness of 

18 to 30 inches. Jefferson, Lick, and Bloomfield townships have the best beds, but even 

they are too thin to be of much value. 

Scioto Oounty.-In Scioto County the Lower 

Mercer coal is found in the eastern row of townships, but it does not exceed 24 inches in thickness. The Upper Mercer coal has long been 

mined for local use in the vicinity of South 

Webster, Bloom Township, where it is known 

as the Webster block coal. The bed usually 

is in two benches separated by a thin layer of 

clay or shale. The upper bench averages 16 

A ft. in. B' Ft. ln. 

Limestone Shale 

Goal 10 

Coal 2. 6 Clay 5 

Coal 0 

Coal,soft 10 Coal,cannel I 10 

Coal 5, 

Coal,cannel 5 8 Clay 

Clay 

FIGURE 8.-Sections of Upper Mercer (No. 3a) coal bed in Ohio. A, 

Bedford Township, Licking County; B, Elk Township, Vinton 

County. 

inches in th1ckness and the lower bench, where 

present, ·6 to 8 inches. 

Section of Upper J.fercer coal bed on land of John Grant, in 

sec. 22, Bloom Township, Scioto County, Ohio. 

Sandstone, shaly. Ft. in. 

Coal ..................................... . 1 3 

Clay, plastic .............................. . 2 0 

Coal ........................ · ............. . 8 

Clay, plastic ...... _ ................. ~ .......... . 4 0 

---

7 11 
42 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

In mining, the undercutting is made in the 

clay below the coal, so that none of the fuel is 

lost. The coal burns with a long flame, owing 

to its large content· of volatile matter, is nonclinkering, and is low in sulphur. It has an excellent reputation for domestic ·purposes. · Near 

Bloom Junction the coal is a cannel, about 2· 

feet thick. This is the best-known and bestdeve~oped field of the Upper Mercer coal 1n 

·southern Ohio. 

Lawrence Oounty.~Both coal beds are in 

Lawrence County, but neither is of much 

value. The Lower Mercer bed attains a thickness of 2 feet in Elizabeth Township. and is 

occasionally mined by farmers. The Upper 

Mercer coal is mined in Halnilton, Upper, and 

Elizabeth townships. ,.rhe section of the coal 

bed in these townships ·is s:im,ilar to that at 

South Webster·(p. 41); the upper bench has a 

maximum ~hickness Df 2 feet and is of very 

good quality. The lower bench is about half 

as thick. 

TIONESTA (NO. 3b) COAL BED. 

Scioto County, and it has been worked in De- l 

catur and Washington townships, Lawrence 

County, where its maximun1 thickness is 3 

feet. 

COAL BEDS JN THE ALLEGHENY FORMATION. 

· GENERAL FEATURES. 

The Allegheny forma.tion, formerly known 

as the" Lower Productive Coal Measures,·' contains the most extensive and valuable coal beds 

of Ohio. It_extends in outcrop from Mahoning 

to Lawrence County and, as reported by Orton, 

has a thickness of 250 feet. The Brookville 

(No. 4) 9oal is the lowest member of the formation and the Upper Freeport (No.7) coal is the 

highest. The formation contains five coal beds 

that are now mined in a large way, and one of 

these is of workable thickness above drainage in 

every county where it is due. 

Section of the Allegheny formation a(Jfagnolia in southern 

Stark County, Ohio. · 

(13y Edward Orton.] 

Ft. in. 

Coal, Upper Freeport (No.7) ............... . 2 0 

The Tionesta cNo. 3b) is the highest coal bed Clay, shale, sandstone, and concealed .......... . 

in the Pottsville formation and has· the least Sandstone, Lower Freeport, 1 and conglomerate .. · 

45 0' 

30 0 

·value. It_ lies 20 to 30 feet above the Upper Concealed ...................... --·----------·· Coal, Midclle.Kittanning (No.6) ... · ........ .. 

Mercer limestone and is rarely of workable Clay ................................... _·_. __ ... · 

55 0 

3 Q 

3 0 

thickness even for local use. · Shale ............... , ......................... . 15 6 

Perhaps the best-known field of this coal is CoaL .. -.... -...... -..................... . 

in Lawrence Township, Tuscarawas County, Shale .. ···----································· 

where the bed has been mined, off and on, for Coal, Lower Kittanning (No.5) ............. . Clay .. · ..... : ................................. · .. 

many years. It is known in that territory as Shale and sandstone ........................... . 

1 6 

1 10 

3 6 

3 'o 

5 2 

the Bolivar coal. A section, measured by Limestone, Putnam Hill. ........................ . 1 8 

Orton, is as _follows:· Coal, Brookville (No. 4) .................... . 5 0 

--- Section of Tionestc! coal bed at Boli"...ar, Ohio. 174 8 

Shale, dark. Feet. 

Coal, slaty...................................... 2 

Clay and c.oal streaks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 

Coal ................ · ........... .- .. .-.·........... 2 

Clay. 

The Lower Freeport (No. 6a) coal does not 

appear in the section. It probably lies in. the 

"concealed" mass ·aboye the Freeport sandstone member. 

5 

Generalized section of the Allegheny formation in Lawrence 

Near Jackson Schopl, sec. 34, Richland County, ()hio. 

Township, Vinton County, the Tionesta coal [By ·wilb~r stout.] 

bed has a maximum ~hicknoss of 5 fee.t, but th~ . . " 

coal is bony and high in ash: Shale overlying . Coal, Upper 1 reeport C~o. 7) ..... · ......... .. Shale and sandstone ................ , _ ......... . 

this coal in Vinton, Jackson, and Scioto coun- Coal, Lower Freeport (No. 6a) .. _ ....... _ .. . 

. ties is usually highly fossiliferous. . At Monroe j Shale and s~ndston~ ...... : ~ . . : .......... : . .... . 

Furnace, Jackson County, the coal 1s mined for 1 Coal, Mtdd!e K1ttannmg (No.6) ............ . 

railroad shipment. The bed is about 4 feet Shale and sandstone ..................... -... -.. 

thick and consists. of two benches separated Siron ore, Reel Kidney.······-···········-······ hale and sandstone .................. _ ........ . 

Ft. in .. 

3 0 

42 0 

l 0· 

37 0 

l 4 

27 0 

4 

3 8 

by an inch of shale. The area underlain by it, Clay, Oak Hill. ..... v ••••••• ~ ••••• _ •• _ •••••• • ••••• 3 0-

however, is small. The coal is mined for local · I This is the Freeport sandst~ne m~mber of United States Ge~logical 

. use on Clinton Ridge in Vernon Township, survey reports. 

) 

... 

,. 
THE COAL :E'IELDS OF· OHIO. 43 

Ft. in. 

Shale ........................................ - . 5 0 

·Coal, Lower Kittanning (No.5): 

Coal ....................... ~ .... .- .... . 2 4 

Clay ............................... · .. . 3 

Coal. ............ · .................... . 6 

Clay ............ · ............................. . ·6 0 

Rhale and sandstone ........................... . 6 6 

Coal ................... ·.· ..... : .......... . 6 

Cln.y, shale, and sandstone ..................... . 12 0 

Iron ore, "]~erriferous" ....... · .................. . 6 

Limestone, Van port (" Ferriferous ,. ) ............ . 6 0 

Shale, dark ......................... .' ......... . 1. 0 

Coal, Clarion (No. 4a): 

Coal ................................. . 1 3 

g~~-~~~~~-~-------~:~---_-:-.-.-::: ':::::::::::::: 7 

1 4 

Clay with pyrite ...................... . 1 

Coal. ................................... . 1 0 

Sandstone ...... : . ..................... - . - -· - - · 18 0 

Coal, Brookville (No.4) .................... . 2 0 

183 2 

BROOKVILLE (NO. 4) COAL BED. 

Tho Brookville (No. 4) coal bod is tho basal 

n1ombor of tho Allegheny formation. It lies 

immediately bolo"r tho Putnam Hill limestone 

member and for that reason is easily identified. 

It can readily be tra'cod across tho State, but 

·at present it is not ali" important source of fuel. 

Stark Oounty.-Tho best-known area of tho 

A few hw:idred feet from this secti01i the 

"top" and "bottom" coal conjointly measure 

4 feet 8 inches, but the company counts on only 

3 feet 6 inches of goo.d coal. Thin shale or clay 

partings are not common,· hut· there is considerable pyrite. The coal is reached by a 

slope, but it lies so near the surface in the su.rrounding coun_try that n1uch of it has been 

removed by streams. 

South of Canton t4e Brookville·.coal is mined 

in the vicinity of North Industry and }!owenstein, and it has been worked in tho vicinity of 

East Sparta. It i~ used for burning lime, .and · 

little or none of it is shipped by rail. 

II 

B Ft. in. ~~•w:•.'.Y,.t=• 

s 

-~ 

I 6 

3 

I 0 

I 0 

FIGURE 9.-Sections of Brookville (No. 4) coal bed in Stark County, 

Ohio. A, 2 miles north of Canton; B, 1 _mile south of North Industry. 

Brookville coal is in Star~ County. It is not . Section of Brookville coal bed in Agricultural & Commercial 

mined for railroad shipment, thougli it is used Lime Co.'s mine, Jmile south ofNorth Industry, Ohio. 

in largo quantity for burning limo, for fuel at rscc fig. 9, B.J 

Canton, arid for domestic usc in several villages' ;Limestone, Putnam HilL. ..................... . 

n.nd among tho farmers. It is mined a mile "Drawslate" ................................ ,. 

Ft. in. 

4 0 

5 

southwest of tho hamlet of Groonto~, in· Lake Coal, Brookville: 

Township, and ncar New Berlin, where it is Coal, "Rooster," mined ......... : .... . 

used in burning limo. The coal is reported to. Shale .. ---····· · · · : · · · - - - - -· · - - - - - - - - - -

be 18 inches thick at Middlebranch. It ex- Coal,"top" .......................... . Clay .... _ ... _· __ .... ___ : ____ .. ___ . _____ _ 

tends practically across tho county from north Coal, ''bottom'' ...................... . 

6 

2 

1 6 

3 

.1. 0 

to south, but its width of outcrop is less defi- Coal, bony, not mined ...... _ ........... . 1 0 

nitoly established. Orton mentions 4 miles, - 8--:t-O 

but near tho southern border of the county 

there are workable ttreas 12 miles apart in an The quantity of the coal in this part of Stark 

east-west direction .. ·The largest mines arc County appears to be large, and though its 

only a mile or two north of Canton:, and that quality is rtot first class it does Yery well {or 

city furnishes an excellent market. · ordinary u~es. 

Sect.ion of Rrookv·ille · coit.l bed in ?nine of Edgefield Coal Co., Section one-half mile east of Justtts, sonthwest corner of S~ark 

2 m.ile8 north of Canton, Ohio. · County. 

[See fig. 9, A.] ' 

Shale. 

Limestone, Putnam Hill .............. _..: .... · .. . 

Coal, bony, not mined .......... _. ........... . 

Coal, "top" .............................. . 

Clay ..................................... . 

Coal, "bottom"; ........ : ................ . 

Coal, bony, not mined ..................... . I 

Ft. in. 

3 5 

5 

2 5 

3· 

1 0 

11 

[By Evan Lewis, deputy State !nine inspeetor.) 

Ft. in. 

15 0 

15 0. 

2 6 

3. 0 

25 0 

M~ntle rock ................................... . 

Shale, dark ........ : .......... : ............... . 

Coal, ~fiddle Kittanning.(No. 6) ............ . 

Clay~ ......................................... . 

Shale, gr.ay .................. · ..... · ............. . 

Coal, Lower Kittanning (No. 5): 

Total section ........................... . 8 5 Coal, bony ...... : ............... .- .... . 6 

Total coal .............................. . 4 9 Clay ........................ --------·· 4 
44 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Ft. in. 

Coal ................................. . 2 0 

Shale ........................... : ...... . - 1 

Coal ...............................•.. 8 

C]ay_ .............................•....... ·· ··· 5 0 

Shale, gray .......................... · ......... . 30 0 

Limestone .................. · .................. . 3 0 

Coal, Brocikville_(No. 4) (fig. 10, A): 

Coal ...................... · ........... . 2 

'Shale ....................... : ......... . 1 

Coal ................................. . 2 3· 

Clay ................................... _ (j 

Coal ... · .............................. . 2 0 

Shale .................................... · ...... . 1 4 

Clay ..... · .................................... . 5 0 

Shale, gray ................................... . 15 0 

Coal,-Upper Mercer (No. 3a): 

Coal, bony ...................... · .... · .. 10 

Coal .................................. . 2 2 

Clay ........ .- ................................ . 4 0 

135 5 

The Lower Kittanning and Brookville coals 

are mined at this place, and plans are being 

·made to work the Upper Mercer at- an early 

date. 

Tuscarawas. and Coshocton counties.-The 

Brookville coal is commonly thin and unimportant in Tuscarawas County. In western 

Coshocton County it thickens and is ·an important .source. of fuel among the farmers in 

Jefferson, Bedford, and Newcastle townships, 

where it reaches a maximum thickness of 

4 feet. The follo_wing section is· reported py 

Orton: 

Section of Brookville coal bed in Moore's mine, Jefferso~ 

Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. 

Vinton Oounty.-The Brookville coal attains workable thickness in Vinton County, 

where it has long been mined in Elk, Swan, 

Madison, and· Clinton townships under the 

name Winter's coal or "Flint vein," the latter 

name being given because of ~he presence .in 

places of a bed of flint between the two l;>enches 

of coal. This coal varies considerably in thickness in this vicinity, as is shown by the· following section and also by figure 10, B. 

A Ft. 1(1. B Ft. Li --···2 Shale 

-·-1 

Coal 2 

6 Shale and flint 

Coal 2 0 Coal l 

Shale Clay and kidney ore 

FIGURE lQ . .::......Sections of Brookville (No.4) coal bed in. Ohio. A, Justus, Stark County; B, McArthur, Vinton County. 

Section of Brookville coal bed_at McArthur, Ohio. 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Coal ................................ .' ....... 2 

Shale .......... : ............................ . 

Coal ........................................ 2 

Clay and kidney ore. 4 

0 

3 

0 

3 

' ·The coal \vas f~rmer.ly worked at Zaleski for 

railroad· shipment, but the mine was abandoned years ago. The coal varies considerably from place to place but is of fair quality 

for steam and domestic purposes. · 

Limestone, Putnam Hill. Ft. 

Shale, false roof ................................. . 

Coal ....... : ................................ · 

· Jackson Oounty.-The Brookville coal is 

in2· mined .in a small way for railroad shipment in 

8 Milton Township, Jackson County. 

Shale .................... · ........... ~ ... · .... . 1 

Coal ............................... .' ........ 2 0 Section of Brookville coal bed in mine of Minglewood Coal 

Shale .......... : .........•.. : ................ . 3 Co., sec. 24, Milton Township, Jackson County, Ohio. 

. Coal .. : ...................... ~ ............. . 8 

Clay. 

3 10 

The coal is at least of fair quality and by 

some is preferred to the cannel coal of the 

vicinity. 

Muskingum, Perry, and Hocking counties.-

The Brookv.ille coal is found in the western 

portion of Muskingum County, but here it is 

· less than 3 feet thick ·and hence is of little importance. Years ago a small mine was opened 

in this bed at ZanesvillQ. The coal is found in 

Perry and Hocking-counties, but it is thin and 

not mined. 

, Ft. in. 

Coal ............................................ 2 

Clay ............ ···' ........................... . 

CoaL .. : ....................................... . 

Shale, gray .................... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Iron ore ......................................... . 

~~::~: ~-r~~~--· _· ~ ~ ~ -~: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : ~ -~ ~ ~ ~: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .~ : : : : : : : : 

5 

0 

1 

8 

4 

2 

3 

6 

0 

An analysis of the top layer of this coal shows. 

6.1 per cent of ash, 2 per cent of sulphur1 and a 

heating value of 12,560 B. t. u. 

_Farther south in Jackson Coupty the coal 

bed thins and has little or no value. 

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Lawrence Gounty.-The coal is found in Lawrence County, but it is thin and has never been 

worked except in the smallest way. 

CLARION (NO. 4a) COAL BED. 

General jeatures;-Thcp Clarion (No. 4a) coal 

bed is easily recognized by its position uncle~ 

the Van port or "Ferriferqus" limestone, and 

for that reason it is often known as the 

"li1nestone coal." The coal is open burning, 

n1odm~ately hard, and in northern Ohio it is in 

places a can1~el. It contains shale or clay impm·ities, and hence is high in ash; sulphur 

content also is large. I-Iowever, the cqal is 

suitable for steam and domestic purposes, and 

the clay is not far distant when it will. be 

eagerly sought. The coal bed in sou~hern Ohio 

is nearly always divided into three benches by 

shale or clay partings whose thickness ranges 

from less than 1 inch to a foot. In northern 

Ohio it is a solid bed without definite partings. 

Although the coal can be easily traced across 

the State, it is not of value except in the. two 

opposite parts, northeastern Ohio and the ex- . I 

treme southern part of the State. 

Columbiana Oounty.-In Columbiana County 

the coal is mined in places.. In the vai.lef of 

North Fork of Li.ttle Beaver Creek, about a 

mile below Lisbon, the coal ranges from 2 feet 

8 inches to 3 feet 4 inches in thickness, and 

contains some layers of s4ale or .pJ-rite. It is 

used for domestic and s'teaming purposes. ·A 

dark brittle limestone, which lies 5 to 7 feet 

above the coal has been designated the "Ferriferous." The following is Orton's section, 

slightly changed, of the str_ata i~ the vicinity 

of Lisbon: 

Section of the strata in the vicinity of Lisbon, Ohio. 

_ Ft. in. 

Coal, Upper Freeport (No.7).................. 3 4 

Clay .......................... ·.................. 2 0 

Limestone, Upper Freeport........................ 2 0 

Unseen ........................................... 23 0 

Sandstone ....................................... 20 0 

Coal, Lower Freeport (No. 6a) ..... · ............ 1 0 

Shale ............................................. · 7 0 

Limestone, Lower Freeport.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 0 

Sandstone, Freeport, and shale .. ~ ... · .............. 50 0 

Coal, Middle Kittanning (No. 6)............... 8 

Sandstoiie ........................ ·. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 0 

Coal, Lower Kittanning (No.5)................ 1 4 

Shale ............................................. 37 0 

Limestone, Vanport ("Ferriferotts") ........ -~...... 3 0 

.Coal; Clarion ... , .... : .. ·.. .. .. . .. . .. . . . .. . . .. .. 3 0 

Clay............................................ 4 6 

Coal ................ " ....................... · 1 6 

176 4 

The Clarion coal is mined in the northern part 

of Columbiana ·county and is shipped from the 

Delmore mine, 1! miles west of Leetonia. .T'he 

following section was measured in. this mine: 

Section of Clarion ~oal bed in Delmore mine, 1!- miles 1.uest. 

of Leetonia, Ohio. 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Coal........................................ 3 1 

Shale, hard. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 

Coal ............... ·.......................... 9 

Clay ... _. ........................................ 12 0 

17 1 

The coal ha·s no· regular partings, but shale 

and. pyrite bands are not uncommon. The 

product of the mine is used largely for locomotives. The bench below the hard shale is not 

mined.· It is reported to range from 6 to 12. · 

inches in thickness but in places to be wanting. 

The Lower Kittanning or No. 5 coal was formerly mined in this vicini~y. 

The Clarion coal has long been mined· in the 

vicinity of Canfield, 1fahoning County, where 

it is a cannel and was formerly distilled for illu-

·minating oil. Newberry says: ·. 

It is a very variable seam so far as regards thickness and 

character but is almos~always present in one or ~nother of 

its phases at the horizon where it belongs. In some locali- · 

ties it is 6 feet in thickness, all cannel coal of good quality; 

ii~ others it is a remarkably pure bitunlinous coal 2!- to 3. 

feet thick, while ID:Ore generally it is found to have a thiekness of about 3 feet, of which 6 to 10 inches of the upper. 

partis cannel. 

This coal bed has never been 1napped in Columbiana and Mahoning counties, but it appears 

to occupy a large area and may be looked on as· 

a reserve that will be eagerly sought when the 

thicker coal beds are a thing of the past. 

The Clarion coal can be followed in outcrop 

from Columbiana COlmty southwest to Vinton, 

where it again attains workable thickness. 

Between these distant counties the coal rarely 

if ever measures 2 feet in thickness. and generally is represented· by only a streak. 

Lawrence Gounty.-The one important field 

of the Clarion. coal lies in Lawrence, Scioto, 

Jackson, and Vinton counties, where it is 

worked for railroad shipment as well as for local 

purposes. For, many years the Wellston or 

Quaker~own bed was mined beca1lse of its superior quality, and the Clarion bed was neglected, but the increasing deman(! for fuel and 

the scarcity of Wellston coal led to mining in 

the Clarion, ·which has now grown to considerable importance. With the exhaustion of the 
46 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

better coal the Clarion will be more and more in Section of Clarion coal bed in Pittinger mine, Wellston, 

demand. Jackson County, Ohio. 

The coal is above drainage. in the western 

half of Lawrence County and is exposed in 

numerous places, especially in the northern 

part. The Vanport (" Ferriferous ") limestone 

is well developed there, and by its aid the identification of the coal is e~sy. 

Section of Clarion coal bed from mine of J. R. Edwards, sec. 

23, Washington Township, Lawrence County, Ohio: 

[See fig. 12, A.) 

Ft. 

Coal, upper bench ........................ . 

· Shale .... _ ............................. __ . 

Coal, middle bench ..... · .................... 1 

Shale_ .. _ .................. _ . __ .. __ .. ___ .. 

Coal, lower bench .......................... ·. 

Clay. 

4 

The proximate analysis of a sample from this 

(See fig. 11• B.J mine shows 1noisture 5.3, volatile matter 41.0,· 

Limestone, Vanport ("Ferriferous"). Ft. in. fixed carbon 45.3, and ash 8.4 per cenL An 

Coal, upper bench ............ ·................ 1 0 

Shale ....... · ......... :....................... 5 

Coal, middle bench ..... : ................ ·.... 1 6 

Shale ....................... :................ 2 

A Ft. ln. B Ft. ln. 

Coal, upper bench n\2 Coal, 

upper bench 3 

Coal, lower bench ........... : . ~. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Shale ~ 

Clay. Shale II 

3 7 -

The section shows only 3. feet of coal, but 

others ·in the county (see fig. 11, A) show as 

much as 4 feet 4 inches. 

Coal, middle bench 

Shale 

Coal, lower bench 

·Clay 

I 4 

I)Z 

I z 

Coal, middle bench l!i 

Pr.rite ~~ 

lower bench 

Coal, ~ 

Limestone (Va_nport) 

Coal, upper bench 

Shale 

Coal,.middle bench 

Shale 

Coal,lower bench 

Clay 

A Ft. in. Limestone B ~t in. 

10 • 0 

6 

lVanpg~~t 

upper bench 

Shale __ 's 

• Coal, 

z o middle bench 

Shale -· 

4 lower b;-~N· .;:,~ 

6 Clay ~-; 

FIGURE 11.-Sections of Clarion (No. 4a) coal bed in Lawrence County, 

Ohio. A, Decatur Township; B, Washington Township. 

The proximate. analysis of a sample from 

this .mine gives moisture 6.0, volatile matter 

39.1, fixed carbon 43.0, and ash 11.9 per cent. 

The ultimate analysis gives carbon 63.32, hydrogen 5 .. 26, oxygen 13.24, nitrogen 1.22, sulphur 5.10, and ash 11.86 per cent. The heating value is 11,730 B .. t. u. 

Scioto Oounty.-In SciotQ Courity the Clarion 

.coal is limited to Bloom Township and is 

worked for railroad shipment in a single mine. 

The coal is similar in all respects ·to that ·in 

Lawrence County: . 

Jackson Oounty.-Jackson County contains a 

large area of Clarion coal in. its ~astern tier of 

townships, Madison, Bloomfield, and 'Milton, 

and in each of these the coal is mined for railroad shipme~t as \Vell as for ~Se byfarmers. 

FIGURE 12.-Sections of Clarion (No. 4a) coal bed in Ohio. A, Wellston, 

Jackson Count~; B, Wilkesville, Vinton County. 

ultimate analysis of the same sample gave carbon 66.52, hydrogen 5.50, oxygen 14.58, nitrogen~ 1.28, sulphur 3. 72, and ash 8.40 per cent. 

The heating value is 12,290 .B. t. u. 

Vinton Oounty.-Vinton County is the third 

sotirce of Clarion coal, but the lmown workable 

areas are restricted to Wilkesville and Vinton 

townships, where it is mined and shipped on 

the !-locking Valley Railway. The limestone 

and coal are well exposed along Raccoon Creek, 

put east of this strean1 the coal· in a short distance dips b0low drainage level. 

S'ection of ·Clarion coal bed in Lawler mine, Minerton, 

Vinton County, Ohio.-

Ft. in. 

Coal, upper bench. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 6~ 

Shale. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6~ 

Coal, middle bench.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2 

Shale ........ ·_ .. :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ~ 

Coal; lower bench, including a pyrite band 

near bottom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 

Clay. 

4 5! 

The proximate analysis of a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 4.5, volatile n1atter 40.1., 

fixed carbon 46.5, and.ash 8.9 per cent; the ultimate analysis shows carbon 6.7.17, hydrogen 

5.44, oxygen 13.03, nitrogen 1.28, sulphur 4.23, 

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THE COAL l!..,IELDS OF OHIO. 47 

and nsh 8.85 per oent. The 4enting value is 

12,430 B. t. u. The character of the coal bed 

at W~lkesville is shown by figuTe 12, B. 

LOWER KITTANNING (NO.5) COAL .BED. 

General features.-The Lower Kittanning 

(No. 5) coal bed 1nay readily be traced across 

the Stn,te from· Colun1biana County to Lawrence County. riowevor, it is not everywhere 

of minable thickness according to present 

standards, and in fn,ct is not now one of the 

largest sources of coal in Ohio. The general 

group of beds of which it is a part is one of great 

value, for a short distance below it lies the 

Van port or "Ferriferous" li1nestone. and ore, 

the former used in making: Portland cmnent 

and the lu.tter a source of iron for blast furnaces 

years ago. ~1ore import.11nt by far, how.ever, 

than these is the great heel of chty that directly 

underlies the coal and that is so extensively 

used in the cln.y industries .of. eastern Ohio. 

About 25 r'eet above the Lower Kittanning coal 

lies the ~fiddle Kittanning bed, -and this is one 

of the two most important coals in Ohio, its 

only rival being the Pittsburgh bed. Between 

the two Kittanning coal beds there is found in 

places a bed of clay or shale that is suitable for 

the 1nanufacture of clay \\7-ares. · The sequence 

of these berls is as follows: 

General sequence of the Middle and Lower l(ittanning coal 

beds and underlying strata in Ohio. 

:M.iddle Kittanning (No. 6) coal. 

~fiddle Kittanning clay. 

Shale or sandstone. 

Lower K.ittanni'ng (No. 5) (:oal. 

Lo\\'Cr :Kittanning clay. 

"li'errifcrous" iron ore. 

Van pOI't (" l~erriferous '-') 1 imestone. 

Oolumbianct County.-The Lower Kittanning 

coal was fortnerly 1nined in a large way at 

Leetonia, Colmnbiana County; and \Vas used 

for nutki.ng coke for. local blast furnaces. The 

following is Orton's section and cmnn1ent on 

the coal at this place: 

Sect·ion of Lower Kittanning coal bed at Leetonia, Ohio. 

Ft. in. 

Shale with kidneys and plates o[ iron oro ... : ... . 8 ,0 

Coal .................................... . 8 

Parting ............................... , .. . 

Coal ...... ~ ............................. . 1 8 

Clay .... , ..... ········.·····.· ................. . 2 G 

12 10+ 

. 73210-17--2 

The coal is found in two benches, the lower of which is 

much the purer. The upper bench often becomes slaty 

and cannel-like, and must then be rejected. The bottom 

coal, which is also called the Smith coalt is a cementing 

coal of pronounced character, but the upper bench never 

has this quality. * * * The bottom coal is also an exceptionally good fuel for rolling mill use. It bums with 

a ·bright blaze and gives out its heat quickly. 

The area of the Leetonia field is small and 

the coal has not been mined for years except 

locally for domestic purposes. When the field 

was visited in191S not a tnine was in operation, 

though one was being opened forlocal use near 

Washingtonville, where the section, given in figure 13, A, was measured. 

A shale-~···- tt. ln. 

toal,bony 7 

Coal 1 10 

Clay~ 

B 

s;:~~ I ~t. :· 

Shale 2. 

Coal I 10 

P)'rit~ __ 3 

. Clay -:-:; · 

FIGURE 13 . ....:.Sections of Lower·K.ittanning (No. 5) coal bed in Ohio. 

A, Washingtonville, Columbiana County; B, Pike Townshtp, Stark 

County. 

Oarroll, Stark, and Tuscarawcts counties.-

From Columbiana .County the Lower Kittanning coal can be followed southwest through· 

Stark and Carroll counties into the adjacent 

corner of Tuscarawas County. In Pike ToWnship,. Stark County, it has the thickness and 

character shown in figure 13, B. It is worked 

along Big Sandy Creek in the northwest corner of Carroll County, and it constitutes the . 

well-known Mineral City bed in Tuscarawas 

County. 

Sect1:on of Lower Kittanning coal bed from Hu.ff Rtm ?nine 

No . .l, Mineral f?ity, Ohio. 

[See fig. 14, A.] 

Shale, clark. . Ft. in. 

Coal .. , ........ · ........ '...................... 8 

Coal, bony ... , .............. · ................. . 

Coal ...................... · ................. . 

"Soot" ............. :· ....................... . 

Coal ........................................ . 

Pyrite .... · .................................. . 

Coal ........................... : ........... . 

"Soot" ...................................... . 

Coal ........... · ............................ . 

Coal, bony ..................................... . 

Coal ... ·: .............. : .................... ·. 

Clay: 

1! 

t 

1 

·t 

4t 

! 

4t 

t 

9t 

3 6~ 

The proximate analysis of ·a sa1nple from 

thi's mine gave 1noisture 5.3, volatile ·matter 
48 THE COAL FIELDS O:F THE UNITED STATES. 

38.7, fixed carbon 48.3, and ash 7.7 per cent; Zanesville and Newton Township. The Zanesthe ultimate analysis gave ~arbon 69.75, ville area is small and the coal is known as the 

hydrogen 5.46, oxygen 12.65, nitrogen 1.18, "4-foot bed." It has long been used at Zanessulphur 3.25, ·and ash 7.71 per cent. The heat-- ville for domestic and other purposes and is 

ing value is 12,900 B. t. u. rated as a good fuel. 

The rocks in the vicinity of Mineral City 

b d. b b l Section of Lower Kittanning coal bed in old Harper mine have een 1stur eel y crusta n1ovements · near Zanesville, Ohio. · 

and form a prominent syncline, which of course 

has its effect on nrining. Orton says: "There CoaL .. · ........................... · ............. . 

Ft. in. 

1 0 

is no knowri portion of the coal field of Ohio 

where there has been a tithe of the disturbance 

that occurs in the vicinity of Mineral Point 

[Minera~ City]." 

The coal·is n1ined by stripping for railroad 

shipment on the Hagg farm in Sanely Township, 

2! nriles east of Sandy~ille, where the tlrickness 

ranges from 4 to 5· feet and the structure of .the 

heel is similar to that recorded in 1the preceding 

section. The coal in this part of Tuscarawas 

County manifestly contains some i.rllpurity, but 

its heating value is good, and it ranks well as 

a steam producer. It is extensively used in 

burning clay '\\~ares. From Sandy Township 

the Lower Kittanning coal can be followed 

southwest across the colinty. It has been 

urined in both large and small ways between 

Parting ......................................... . 2 

Coal.· ........................................... . '2 0 

Shale ............................................. . 1 

CoaL ........... · ............................... .- 1 0 

4 3 

Newton Township forms the southwestern 

corner of l\1uskingum County, and th~ Lower 

Kittanning coal.is there of importance. 

Shale 

Coal 

Sftale,hard 

Clay 

A Ft. in. 

Coal, bony 

4 0 Coal, upper bench 

B Ft. in. 

1·. I 

' 3 

Mineral City and Canal Dover, but southwest FiGURE 15~-Sections of Lower Kittanning (No.5) coal bed in Ohio. 

fro~ Can.al Dover it is thin and has little value. A, Redfield, Perry County; B, M:i~ton Township, Jackson County. 

The coa:l is of little or no importance in Holmes 

and Coshocton counties·. 

· Shale 

Coal_.bony 

Coal 

Cl~y 

Perry Oounty .-The coal extends from Mus·-

kingum into northeastern Perry County, where 

it is mined at Redfield (fig. 15, A) and a mile 

or two east· of New Lexington for railroad shipment and for local use, and is.locally knoWn "as 

the Lower New Lexington or 4-foot bed. The 

coal in places is without partings and may be 

-free from dirt, but the floor rises and falls, 

causing the thickliess of the bed to vary. 

FIGURE 14.-Sections ~fLower Kittanning (No.5) coal bed in Ohio. 

, A,Minera!City,'TuscarawasCounty; B,Tor~nt"o,JeffersonCounty. Section of Lowe1· Kittanning coal bed in Copelin ?nine, 

sec. 2, Pike Township, Perry Connty, Ohio. 

The lower Kittanning coal is also mined in 

a small way in the bluffs, of Ohio River in Jefferson County. A section of the bed at Toro,nto is represented in figure 14, B. 

Guernsey Oounty.-In Guernsey County the 

Lower Kittanning coal is found in the valley 

of Wills Creek for several miles south of Kin1-

bolton and is reported to have a thickness as 

great as 4 feet 9 i~ches. 

Muskingum Oounty.~The Lower :Kittanning 

coal is not of great· importance in Muskingum 

County and as far as now known is of workable 

thickness in only two areas, the vicinity of 

Shale. 

Coal, upper bench.· .... ·.· .................... . 

Coal, horn 1 ••••••••••••••• · ••. • ••••.••••••••••• 

Coal, middle bench ..... ; ................... . 

Parting ...... .' .............................. . 

Coal, lower bench ........................... . 

Cla.y. 

Ft. in. 

6 

1 

1 0 

~ 1 g· 

3 4! 

The pro~imate analysis of a sample from 

this mine gave moisture 6.8, volatile m~tter 

35.2, ·fixed carbon 47.8, and ash 10.2 per cent; 

an ultimate . analysis gave ·carbon 64. 78, 

1 The term "horn coal" here means an impure cannel but is used by 

some to designate any lean, impure coal. or bone. 
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THE . COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 49 

hydrogen 5.26,. oxygen 13.86, nitrogen 1.22, 

.sulphur 4.72, and ash 10.16 per cent. The 

heating value is 11,860 B. t. u. 

The coal underlies the southern townships 

of the county and has been mined for local 

use a.t several places. Perry County contains a large acreage of the Lower Kittanning 

coal of suitable thickness and quality for 

rnining in a large way, but its development 

luts been retarded by the presence of the 

~1iddle Kitt;uming bed, which is thicker and 

generally n1ore desirable. 

Ifocking, Vinton, alnd Jackson counties.-

The Lower Kittam1ing coal is thinner and of 

s1naller value in !-locking County and still less 

so in Vinton County, but it thickens in eastern 

J'ackson Col.mty, where it is mined in a sn1all 

Stlale 

Coal, bony 

Shale 

Coal,lower bench 

Shale 

A Ft.ln. 

Sand5tone 

7Y~ Coal,5hal 

Coal z. z. 

B ·n. in~ 

·at 

•I 

:~r4 

~-sl-z. 

8\. 

9 

FIOUIU~ !G.-Sections of Lower Kittanning. (No. 5) ·coal bed in Lawronco County, Ohio. A, Etna, Elizabeth 'l'ownship; B, Coalgrove, 

:Pony ~L'ownship. 

way for railroad shipment. The bed 1s irregular but ranges fr01n 3 to 4 feet in thickness over hundreds, .perhaps thousan<:J-s of acres. 

A section of tJ;te coal bed in Milton Township 

.is represented in :figure 15, B. · 

La'Wrence County.-The coal is still 1nore 

Vitluable iri Lawrence County, across which it 

can be readily traced to Ohio River, in whose 

bluff it is mined at Coalgrove. . A section of the 

conl bed at this. place is shown in figure 16, B. 

It is worked in Washington, Decatur, Elizabeth, 

:Upper, and Perry townships. It is rated at its 

best in Elizabeth .Township. 

S ect·ion of Lower Kittanning coal in Hocking Coal Co.'s 

mine No. 2, .Etna station, .Elizabeth Township, Lawrence 

Cotmty, Oh1:o. 

[Sec fig. Hl, A.) 

Shale.. Ft. in. 

Coal, bony.................................. 7¥ 

Coal, upper and middle benches .............. 2 2 

Shale, gray..... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Coal, lower bench ............. : .......... :... 8 

Shale. 

3 9~ 

The proxin1ate analysis of a sample from 

this mine shows moisture 8.1, volatile matter 

34.5, fixed carbon 47.7, and ash 9.7 per cent; 

ari ultimate analysis gives carbon 65.54, hydrogen 5.44, oxygen 15.95, nitrogen 1.23, sulphur 2.13, and ash 9.71 per cent .. The heat 

value is 11,930 B. t. u. · 

The coal is open burning, rather soft, n1ode!·-· 

ate in ash and sulphur. It makes a fair coke . 

but is not used for that purpose. It is well 

adapted for steam and domestic uses and is the 

n1ain reliance of the city of Ironton. The field. 

is the 1nost valuable one of this bed in Ohio, 

and the coal is extensively mined for railroad 

shipment. 

MIDDLE KITTANNING (NO.6) COAL BED. 

The Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal, on account of its quantity and quality, is the niost 

valuable in Ohio. It is found along the State 

line in Columbiana County and can not only be 

followed with ease across the State to LawTence 

County on Ohio River .hut it is workable 'in 

every county ·where it should appear above 

drainage and in n1ost of them on a hirge scale. 

The bed lies 20 to 35 feet abo:Ve the Lower Kittanning coal and is generally easily identified. 

Col'l.tmbiana County.-The :Middle Kittanning 

c6allmderlies much of the eastern and southern 

parts of Columbiana County, and its relations 

to lower beds are well shown in the following 

section measured hy Orto.n: · 

Section q.t Robbinsville, Ohio. 

Ft. in. 

Sand stone, Freeport ('' Lower Freeport'') .......... . 20 0 

Coal, Middle Kittanning (No.6) .............. . 8 

Sandstone and shale ....................... .' .. : .. . 15 0 

Coal, Lower Kittanning (No.5) ............... . 1 4. 

Shale and ore nodules ......................... -: .. 40 0 

'' Dra'v slate'' .................................... . l 0 

Coal, Clarion (No. 4a) ....................... . g 0 

Clay ........................................... . 4. 0 

Coal ....................................... . 1 8 

8G . 8 

· '.fhe coa.l bed in Columbiana County is less 

than 3 feet thick and has not been worked in a 

large way, l:rut it has been mined for local use 

in Dry Run near East· Liverpool. The coal is 

clean, of good qunlity, nlllleS with much lump, 

ancl.has an excellent reputation. 
50 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Section of Middle Kittanning coal bed at tnouth of Dry 

Run, Columbiana County, Ohio. 

[See fig. 17, A.] 

Kittanning coal in Stark C()unty is large, and 

in the not distant future the coal will be extensively mined. 

Shale. Ft. in. Carroll County.-In Carroll County, which 

lies south of Columbiana and Stark counties, 

the Middle Kittanning coal is above drainage in 

4 Rose and Brown townships, where it has long 

been mined in a small way but does not appear 

to be of great value. 

Coal, impure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Coal ........... -............ : .......... ~ ...... 1 6. 

Shale .......... : ................... ,........... 3 

Coal, impure ................... · ............. . Clay. 2 5 

A sample taken at this place Hhowed 4.6 per 

cent ash, 1.76 per cent sulphur, and has a heating value of 14,020 B. t. u., which compares· 

_ favorably with that of· the best coals· mined in 

Ohio. 

Along Yellow Creek in the southern part of 

the county the Middle Kittanning coal has also 

been mined and is there known as the Hammpndsville strip vein. It is thin and can not 

compete with large beds. . 

Stark County.-The Middle Kittanning coal 

extends from Columbiana County west into 

A - Ft. in. 

Coal,impure Shale~-- 4 

Coal I 6 

Shale - 3 Coal, impure 4 

• · Clay ;:~ 

B - ft. in. 

sg~~J ~-~ ~~~ Coal I !0. 

Cliiy ~=~ 

FIGURE 17.-Sections of M:iddle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed in Ohio. 

A, East Liverpool, Columbiana County; B, Nimishillen Township, 

.Stark County. · 

Stark, where it has workable thickness in the 

eastern and southern to·wnships. At Waynesburg, in the southeast corner of Sandy Township; thebed has the following structure: 

Section of Middle Kittanning coal bed in. ?nine of Whitacre 

Fire-proofing Co., Waynesburg, .Ohio. 

Shale. . Ft. in: 

·coal .................. : ..................... 1 1 

Clay and pyrite .............................. l 1~ 

Coal ...... · .................................. 1 8~ 

Clay. 

311 

A sample taken at this place showed 8.2 per 

c·ent ash, 2.66 per cent sulphur, and a heating 

value of 12,560 B. t. u. The coal is mined for 

railroad shipment in Osnaburg Township and 

.was formerly worked on this scale in the Nimishillen Valley, south of Canton, where the bed 

ranges from 2 to 3 feet in thickness and is divided into two benches by a clay or shale parting about 2 inches thick, as shown in figure 

17, B, which -is a section of this bed measured 

in Nimishillen Township. The area of Middle 

Shale 

Coal,.bony,and pyrite 

Coal 

Coal and pyrite 

Coal 

Clay and pyrite 

· Coal 

C. lay 

A Ft. in 

9 Coal,impure 

I I 

6 

Coal, upper bench 

. ~ Pyrite 

ejz Coa~middle ber~~~ 

'Goal11ower ~nc.h 

.13 Ft. in. 

I 

9 

z 

4 

FIGURE 18.-,Sections of M:iddle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed in Tuscarawas · County, Ohio. A, Somerdale, Fairfield Township; B, 

Gnadenhutten, Clay Township. · . 

- Tuscarawas County.-Tuscarawas County, 

one of the large coal-producing counties of Ohio, 

derives probably 90 per cent of its fuel from the 

Middle Kittanning bed. The mines, which are 

not evenly distributed, are grouped in four 

districts-Valley Junction, east of New Philadelphia, south of New Philadelphia, and Uhrichsville. However, the Middle .Kittanning coal 

bed is· not restricted to these di,stricts, but -is 

found in every township inthe C?unt.y and has 

A Ft. in. 

··2)'z z 

Shale 

4

• 6 Coal,upper bench 

Parting 

-·---k Coal,middle bench 

----Z Parting 5 Coal1

1ower bench 

B Ft. in. 

2. a 

~~~ 

I 0 

,.~z 

I 3 

FIGURE 19~-Sections of Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed in Tu<;carawa.s County, Ohio. A, Auburn Township; B, Goshen Township. 

been mined in all except Perry. In the northwestern part of the county, however, it lies so 

near the hilltops that its area is small. Moreover, it is thin in that region, generally not 

exceeding 3 feet; whereas iri those parts where 

it is most extensively mined it is 3 feet 6 inches 

to 5 feet thick, and, according to Orton, is of 

superior quality. The coal, which in Stark 

County ~onsists of two benches, consists of three 

in most places in Tuscar,awas County. The 

ch~racter of the Middle IGttanning coal bed in 

this county is represented by figures 18 and 19. 
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Section of Middle Kittanning coal from Medville & Goshen 

Coal Co.'s mine, Warwick Township, T·uscarawas County, 

Ohio. 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Coa.l, bony ............................... . 

Coal, upper bench .......................... . 

Pa.rt.ing ...... -: ............................ . 

Coal, middle bench ....................... . 

Parting ................... ~ ............... . 

Coal. lower. bench ......................... . 

Cla.y. 

9 

1 9 

i 

7 

2! 

1 8 

5 0 

A. smnple obtained in this Inine, upon analysis, shows· n1oisture 4.1, volatile 1natter 41.6, 

fixed carbon 49.1., and ash 5.2 per cent. Its 

ultin1ate ·analysis shows carbon 72.45, hydrogen 5.57, oxygen 12.10, nitrogen 1.42, sulphur 

3.25, and ash 5.21 per cent. The heat value is 

1:3,200 B. t. u. An average of 16 samples fron1 

various parts of the county shows thickness 3 

feet 7 inches, ash 7.3, moisture 4.3, sulphur 

3.85 per cent, and heat value 12,800 B. t. u. 

The Middle Kittanning coal in Tuscarawas 

County has 'moderate strength and is suitable 

for domestic use, but its great market is for 

steam production. The quantity of the coal 

is large, and the county will be an important 

source of fuel for many years. 

Coshocton County .-Coshocton ·conn ty, which 

lies southwest of Tuscarawas, -contains a large 

Shale 

Ccial,upper bench 

Partin_g 

Coal, lower bench 

Clay 

A Ft.in. 

Shale 

Coal, upper bench 

'2. 10 

2. Parting Coal, lower bencn 

I 4 Clay 

J?toURE 20.-Soctions of Middle Kittannin~ (No. fi) coal bed in Coshocton Conrity, Ohio. A,_ Frruli{lin 'l'ownship; B, Virginia 'l~ownship. 

area of the :Middle ~ittanning coal in the 

13outheastern part. The coal is extensively 

worked for railroad shipn1ent nea1: :Muskirigmn 

River below Coshocton and southeast of that 

town in Lafttyette Township. The coal in 

the southern part of the county consists generally of two benches with a parting near tl~e 

bottom ranging fr01n 1 inch to 2 inches in 

thickness, as shown in figure 20, A and B, and 

:figure 21, A. In the northern part of the 

county it is in places free from ·partings, as 

s h9wn in figure 21, B 

An average of 11 samples from various parts· 

of the county shows thickness 3 feet 2 inches, 

ash 6.8, moisture 5.5, sulphur 3.82, and heat 

value 12,560 B. t. u. These figures show that 

the coal is similar to that of the same bed in 

Tuscarawas County. Incidentally, the coal is 

used for the same purposes. 

Guernsey County.-The coal is n1ined for 

railroad shipment in the northwest corner of 

A Ft. in. 

Shale 

Parting. 

Coal,lower bench 11 

Clay 

Shale IB Ft. ln. 

Coal -- Z ~ 

Clay =;;.:: -

FIGURE 21.-Seetions of Middle Kittannin~ (No. 6) coal bed in Coshocton Com1ty, Ohio. A, Jackson Township; B, Clark Township. 

Guernsey County and also a short distance 

north of the county seat, Cambridge. 

Muskingum County.-The Middle Kittanning coal underlies. nearly the whole of Muskingum County east of Muskingum River and 

parts of Harrison, Brush Creek, Newton, and 

Perry townships west of the river. Its ·area is 

therefore large. However, it. passes below 

drainage in Rich Hill, Union, and southern 

Highland townships, and very little is known 

of ifin that territory._ It is mined for local use 

in every township where it should appear above · 

drainage and for railroad shipment on the west 

side of Muskingum River. 

Orton says: 

The seam falls short of 3 feet in parts of the field, and it 

nowhere yields fully 4 feet of coal, but it ~olds, with surprising steadiness, a measure ranging from 30 to 42 inches 

of coal. . Its structure, too, is maintained . with great 

regularity over large area.s. 

The coal bed, as shown by the following section, consists of two. benches separated by a thin 

layer of shale or clay: 

Section of ~Middle Kittanning coal bed in Birkhimer rnine, 

Madison Township, northern .Mu.skingum County, Ohio. 

[See fig. 22, A.) 

Shale. 

Coal, upper bench ........................ . 

Parting .................................... . 

Coal, lower bench............ . . ........ . 

Clay. 

Ft. in. 

2 1 

lt 

7 

2 9~ 
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1 7 

) .. 

2 

2 0 

23 7-z 

A sample obtained in this mine· gave, in 

. proximate analysis, m?isture 5.1, volatile matter 39.7, fixed carbon 45.4, and ash 9.8 per cent; 

FIGURE 22.-Sections of Middle Kittanning (No.6) coal bed in :M:uskingum County, Ohio. A, Madison Township; B, Harrison Township. 

and in ultimate analysis carbon 65.74, hydrogen 5.32, oxygen 12.49, nitrogen 1.14, sulphur 

5:·54, and ash 9.77 per cent. The heat value 

is 12,240 B. t. u. · Figure 22, B, shows· the 

·character of the bed in Harrison Township .. 

Perry Oounty.-The :Middle Kittanning coa~ 

is found wherever due in the eastern half of 

Perry County, and in normal structure· and 

thickness except in the southern tier of ~ownships, where it thickens and forms part of the 

flocking Valley coal field.· The structure and 

thickness of the bed in the northern part of 

the ('.ounty are shown in figure 23, A, and in 

the central part in figure 23, B. North of these 

southerno townships its area is large and its 

thickness, structure, and quality are similar 

to those prevailing in Muskingum Count~y. 

Througho~t this area the coal is. extensively 

n1ined for· railroad shipment as well as for 

local use. 

The· thickness and quality of the coal ·between Muskingum River· and the Hocking 

Valley field are well shown in th~ following 

average of 10 measurements and samples: ·Thickness 3 feet.4 inches, ash 8.4, 1noisture. 5.9,. sulphur 3.72 per ce~t, and heat value 12,310 

B. t. u. . . 

!locking Valley field.-The Hocking Valley 

-co.al field, as outlined by Orton, consisted of 

those parts of P~rry, I-Iockirig, and Athens 

·counties where the Middle Kittanning bed is 5 

feet or more in thickness. This includes parts 

{)f Co!i-1, Salt Lick, and Monro~ townships, 

A, Ft.in. .d Ft.in. 

Shale Shale 

3 0 

Coal,lower bench I 10 

Clay ~~~ Coal,upper. bench 3 0 

Coal, bony Z 5 

·eoal,lower bench. Z 4 

Olay 

FIGURE 23.-Sections of :Middle Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed in Perry 

County, Ohio. A, Harrison Township; B, Pike 'l'ownship. 

swept away the accumulated vegetal material 

and deposited in its place sand or mud. Lack 

of definite ·knowledge as to the location and 

extent of this "fault" has caused heavy financial losses to mining companies. 

The coal c'omes in again just east of the fault 

in Hon1er, Union, and Marion ·townships, but 

it is thin in this area, which is not generally 

regarded as a part o~ the Hocking Valley field. 

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By F. A. Ray 

Broken .lin'e in Homer, Union, and Monroe townships marks eastern limit of "faulted" area; coal bed east 

of that line is thin and not generally regarded as a part of the Hocking Valley field · 
THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. ·53 

Section showing relations of :Middle Kittanning coal to 

strata alJOve and below, in Tlodcing Valley coal field, Ohio. 

Foot. 

Umestone, Cambridge............................. 1 

Sha.le .. ········ ....... : ............... ·............. 29 

Brush Creek shale member: 

Limestone..................................... 2 

Shale ............. :............................ 16 

Limestone ...................................... · 1 

.Sandstone, shaly........... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

Coal, :Mahoning, thin. 

Clay and shale ................. : .. :................ 4 

Sandstone, 1\{ahoning............................... 35 

Coal, Upper li'reeport.................... . . . . . . . ·3 

· Clay, Upper Freeport ............. :................. 5 

Limestone (Upper Freeport), ore,· sandstone, and shale .. 45 

Coal, Lower ]i'reeporL ...... ·.·... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Cln,y ,_limestone (Lower Preepol't), and sandstone (Freeport) .......................... :.................. 25 

Coal, Middle Kittanning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Clay, shale, and ore.................................. 30 

Coal, Lower IGttanning......................... 2 

Clay and shale .................................... ·. 15 

:Limestone, Van port ("Ferriferous "). · 

250 

This '' supple1nentary smun '' is known a1nong 

engineers and miners as the roof or "Rooster" 

coal. Early efforts in the northern part ofthe 

field to market it were failures but later trials · 

were more successful. · The coal is very high 

in ash, but is said to have good heating value 

and to be easily ignited. Moreover it stands 

transportation unusually well, and this and its 

Shale 

Coal, not mined 

Shale 

Coal,bony.not mined 

Coal, upper bench 

Coa~~~)~ 

Coal;mlddle bench 

Shale 

Coal, lower benc.h 

Clay 

A. ft..in Shale ~B~·Ft.in. 

:Coal, upp~r bench z a 

8 ·shale · 1 

Coal, lower bench _ _ a 

6 . Clay ;::-= 

l 6 

I 6 

Coal bed l

. n FIGURE 25.-Seqtions of M:iddlo Kittanning (No. 6) coal bed in Athens 

Concerning the structure of the COtmty, Ohio. A, Dover 'J'ownship; B, Waterloo Township. 

this field Orton says: 

In structure, the Hocking Valley coal always has the 

three benches of the normal Middle Kittanning seam, with 

A 

Shale 

Coal 

Shale 

Coal, upper be~c.h 

Shale 

Coal,middle bench . Coal, bony · 

C9al 

Clay 

ft.ln. 

Shale 

10 

3 C~al,rooster, 

I 7 not mined 

z74 

~ 

1)2 Coal,cannel 

2 4 

Coal, bony 

Coal,upper: bench 

Parting 

Coal, middle bench 

Pari in~ 

Coal, lower bench 

Clay 

B ft. in 

3 ·o 

I 6 

I 3 

z 0 

3 

I 0 

' 

Ji'IOunE 24.-Scctions of :Middle Kittanning (No.6) coal bed in. Athens 

County, Ohio. A, Canaanvillc; B, Trimble 'l'O\fllship. 

some n.ddition of its own. In other words, the Great vein 

consists of the normal, three-bench seam of Middle IGttanuing age, covered and reinfoi:ced by. a Hocking Valley suppleinentary seam, the latter consisting of one or two or 

more benches. The supplementary seam is separated 

from the original seam by a thin shale parting, which is 

often disregarded in mining, but which is for the most part 

distinctly recoglfizable when looked for. 

ease of ignition has secuTed for it a 1narket for 

domestic purposes in the Northwest. I-Iow- . 

ever, this part of the bed has never been successfully nlined except in the vicinity of Corning, Rendville, Congo, Shawnee, and New 

Straitsville, all in the northern part of thEJ 

Hocking Valley field. Farther south the ''supplementary seam" has more shale and can not 

be marketed. The coal bed as a whole is 

thickest in southern Perry County, where. jt 

1neasures locally as much as 15 feet. 

The character and thl.ckness of the. Middle 

Kittanning coal bed in Athens County is shown 

in figures 24 and 25 and by the following sections. 'l'he first is fro1n the Sunday Creek 

Valley and the second fron1 the western side 

of the field. · · 

Section of Middle Kitta'(l,ning coal bed in mine of Continental 

Coal Co., sec. 8, Tr1:mble Township, Athens. County, 

Ohio. 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Coal, supplementary bench, rejected ........ . 4 6 

Coal, bony ............................... . 1 3 

Coal, upper bench.~ ....................... : 2 0 

Shale parting ............................. . 3 

·Coal, middle bench.· ...................... . J 0 

Shale parting ............ · ................. . J 

Coal, lower bench: ........................ . 2 6 

Clay. ----

ll 7 
54 THE OOAL FIELDS OF rHE UNITED STATES. 

·._The proximate analysis of a sample from this These lines gave a good outlet to Colun1bus, 

mine shows moisture 7.3, volatile matter 32~4,. where connections were made with other roads. 

fixed carbon 53.6, and. ash 6.7 per cent; the When, a few years later, tnese lines ·were exultimate analysis shows carbon 69.46, hydrogen ten-ded to Toledo the market was greatly ex-· 

5.45, oxygen 16.16, nitrogen 1.34, sulphur 0.86, paneled and the Hoqking Valley field· becan1e 

andash6.73 percent. Theheatvalueis 12,410 one of the largest producers in this country. 

B. t. u.. · The figures below show the production of 

Section of Middle Kittanning coal bed in mine of Continental 

Coal Co., sec. 4 or 5, Ward Township, Hocking .:County,. ~~. . . . . 

Shale:· Ft. in. 

Coal, f:>Upplementary bench,· i·ejeated....... . . . . . 2 0 

Parting .............. ·_ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 

Coal, top bench ....................... : . ....... 3 0 

Parting ..................................... 7 • 5 

Coal, middle bench ....................... : ... 1 5 

Perry, Hocking, and Athens counties, and that 

of the Hocking Valley field. would not be not..: 

ably smaller. 

A Ft. in. 

Coal, splint,not mined I o 

Shale 

Shale 

Coal, 

upper bench 

Partin~ 

Coar, 

lower bencl'i 

·B Ft in. 

I B 

l 

II 

Parting ...... : .......... : ....... : ........ : . . . . J .. Coal,upper·bench 1 3 Coal, bony 

Clay 

8 

Coal, lower bench....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1 

Clay.· 

9 3 

A proximate analysis of a sa1nple from this 

mine shows moisture 7.6, volatile matter 34.0, 

fixed carbon 52~6; and ash 5.8 per cent; and an 

ultimate analysis shows carbon 70 .. 05, hydrogen 5.52, oxygen 16.39, nitrogen 1.42, sulphur 

. 0.77, and ash 5.85 per cent. The heat value· is 

12,510 B. t. u. The character of the coal bed 

in Hocking County is shown in figure 26, A. 

The composition of the coal is shown by the 

following average of 8 analyses of san1ples from 

various parts of the Hocking Valley field to be 

ash 6.2, moisture 7.3, and sulphur 1.22 per cent. 

The heating value is 12,500 B. t. u. 

_These figures show but little· difference in 

composition from that of the coal in Coshoct-on, 

Tuscarawas, Muskingum, and northern Perry 

·counties, and in fact regularity in composition 

is one of the characteristics of the bed. · The 

coal of the flocking Valley field is open burning, low in sulphur, and moderate .in ash. It 

was formerly used in the raw state in making 

pig iron) but that practice was long ago discontiriued. The fuel has had a large sale for domestic purposes, but the great demand . has 

always been for steam production. The coal 

is fairly hard and tough and so stands transportation relatively well. This quality has 

won for .it a good market in the Northwest. 

In early days coal was shipped north from 

this field by canal, but the quantity was relatively small. In 1869 the Hocking Valley 

Railway was completed to Colun1bus and in 

1880 the Toledo & Ohio Central Railway. 

Goal, soft, 

rejected in minine. · 1

4

° 

Shale -7 

Coal, middle bench· I 6 

· 5hale 

Coal,lqwer bench I 9 

Clay _ 

FIGURE 26.-Sections of Middle Kittanning (No.6) coal bed in Ol~io. 

A, Ward Township, Hocking County; B, Swan Township, Vinton 

County. 

Coal production for certain years of Perry, Hocking, and 

Athens counties, in short tons. 

1883. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 439, 873 

1890 ......... · ...... -. . . . . . . . . . . . 4, 446, 299 

1900 ............. · ............... 7, 166, 916 

1913. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8, 824, 820 

1914 ............... : ............ 5, 716, 203 

1915 ............................ 4, 921, 493 

The zenith of the field's prosperity has be'en . 

passed, though it will be a large producer for 

perhaps another half century. Within the last 

15 years extensive ~ff6rts with the driil have 

been made to find new areas of coal under 

cover to the east and south, but the results have 

not been wholly successful. The best area discovered by this work is at Canaauville, 6 miles . 

east of Athens, where the coal, found at a depth 

of 412 feet, is about 5 feet thick and has the 

normal structure and ·composition of the bed 

in the Hocking Valley field. It appears to be 

a lens-shaped .block of coal and not a continuous 

bed, and other areas that have been discovered 

thus far also seem to lack continuity. 

The Middle Kittannillg coal extends southwest. from the Hocking Valley field and is 

mined for railroad shipn1ent in the triangle 

formed by Hocking River on the north, the: 
,.. 

THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 55 

Baltimore & Ohio· Railroad on .the south, and _Jackson, Gallia, and Lawrence counties.~ The 

the western boundary of Athens C<?unty. In Middle Kittanning coal is found well up in the_ 

places in the northern part of this area the hills in the eastern tier of townships in Jackson' 

coal bed has the si1me .thickness and structure County, where it usually ranges from 18 to 24 

that it has in the Hocking Valley field, ·but inches in thickness. It crosses Greenfield 

elsewhere it is thinner and has only two or Township of Gallia County, where it has the 

three benches. In other words, the "supple.:. character shown in figure 27, A. It can be 

mcntary" bench is not present. readily traced acrOf:lS Lawrence County, though 

Vinton County.-The Middle Kittanning coal it is too thin to be of 1nuch value. It outcrops 

underlies a large part of the eastern half of along Symmes Creek and its western tributaries, 

Vinton County mid has been 1nined for rail- but it exceeds· 2 feet 6 inches in thickness in 

road shipn1ent at wid,ely different points, Moon- few places. It has long been mined for local 

ville near the Athens County line, Zaleski, and use at Sheridan on Ohio River, where it measnorth of McArthur. The thickness and struc- ures 2 feet 10 inches to 4 .feet and is without 

ture of tP.e bed in this county are wei~ shown in partings. A section _of the coal bed in this 

the following sections: locality is shown in figure 27, B. Above. this 

Section of Middle Kittanning coal bed at Moonville, Ohio. ·bed, fornling the roof, are a-few inches of shale 

Coal, bony. l<'t. in. 

Clay............................................. 4 

Coal ...... , .................................. 2 4 

Shale or clay. . . .. .. .. . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . .. . .. .. . 2 

Coal......................................... 5 

A. F'~.ln. .:a f't.!n. 

Shale 

Coal,upper bench 1 o 

Ct~.Y :.::.-:: sjz 

Shale 

coal and sha. le G 

.5hale ~ 

Coa! z ~ 

3 3 .. Coal, middle bench 1 10}l 

Sect'ion of ]fiddle Kittanning c9al bed in Cherry mine, sec. S, 

Swan Township, Vinton County, Ohio. 

· [See fig. 26, B.) 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Shale .. -·1 C0al1

1ower benc.h,.. ___ ----~ · · Clay --- e,hale ~ 

FIGURE 27.-Sections of Middle Kittanning (No. G) coal b~d in Gallia 

and Lawrence counties, Ohio. A, Greenfield Township; B, Perry 

Township. 

Coal, upper bench ............................ 1 

Parting ..................................... . 

8 

2 and coal. . An analysis of a sample ·fron1 this 

Coal, lower bench ........................... .. 

Coal, bony ............ : ...... · ......... · ..... . 

11 place shows 10.9 per cent ash, 3.32 per cent· 

8 sulphur, and a heating _value of 11,930 B. t. u. 

3 5 

· A proximate analysis of a sa1nple of coal 

from this mine shows n1oisture 4.9, volatile 

mattm~ 39.2, fixed carbon 45.8, and ash 10.1 

per. cent; an ultimate ·analysis shows carbon 

66.26, hydrogen 5.40, oxygen 12;71, nitrogen 

1.23, sulphur 4.25, and ash 10.15 per cent. 

The. heat. value is 12,320 B. t. u. Although 

the. heat value of this coal is fairly good, its 

percentages of ash and sulphur are high. 

Section of jlfiddle Kittanning coal bed on the Baltimore & 

Ohio Railroad at Zaleski, Ohio. 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Coal, top bench ............................ . 

Parting ................................... ~. 

1 5 

4 

Coal, m.idc~le bench .......................... . 1 8 

Parting .......... · ........................... . 1 

Coal, lower bench ........................... . 2 

3 8 

-The conJ is thin in the southern part of Vinton County and is not 1nined for shipn1ent, but 

nmu~ I-la1nden it is worked for burning brick. 

LOWER FREEPORT (NO. 6a) COAL BED. 

The Lower Freeport (No. 6a) coal is of little 

value i11 Ohio and is worked in a fairly large 

way only at Steuoenville. The coal as a rule 

lies 30 to 60 fe~t above the Middle Kittanning 

bed, whose prominence 1nakes· id~ntification · 

easy. 

The Lower Freeport bed was once 1nined 

near Lisbon and was known locally as the 

Whan coal. Its thickness was as n1uch as 

5 -feet, but its area was sn1all. Southeast, 

toward East Liverpool, the coal is thinner, 

being 2 feet o:t; less, and in places is represented 

by shale only. It has been mined in a small 

way along Yellow Creek, where it is known as 

the Roger coal, and has in places a thickness 

in excess of ·3 feet. South of the mouth of 

Yellow Creek the Lower Freeport coal has been 

. opened at many places in the hills- facing the 

Ohio Valley, where its thiclmess is 30 inches 

or n1ore. 
56 T'HE CO~L: FIRLDS OF. .. THE UNITED STATES. 

The Lower Freeport coal is · mined in "the Core-drill and well-record data show a large 

vicinity of Steubenville under the name Steu- area· of .workable coal in the vicillity of Amben ville Shaft coal. The first shaft was sunk sterdam ·and also eastward and southwestward 

in 1855, and the, coal was reached at a depth of for miles. There are, hoW-ever, barren areas, 

about 187 feet. Since that time mining has and careful testing will be necessary_ to prove 

been in progress, but coal is no longer shipped. the extent of the· coaL 

Section of Lf?Wer Freeport coal bed under Steubenville, Ohio. 

[See fig. 28, A.J 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Coal ............................... · ......... 3 o. 

Parting ................................ _ ... . -1.' z. Coal .... · ................................. _. 10 

Clay. · . 

. 3 10! 

Although the bed in places attains a thick-

.ness of 5 feet, its usual measurement is about 

4 fee,t. · The coal is_ clean, has a bright luster, 

mines in small pieces, and cokes. It was formerly used rather extensively- for cokip.g, but it 

could not compete with the famous product 

from ComiellsVille, Pa., and most of the ovens 

fell into. decay; only a few are now in use. 

The coal has had a· large use in rolling niills, 

and the La Belle Iron Works operates. a mine 

for its own supply. It is a good steam fuel and 

has long ha·d a market in· Steubenville for 

domestic purposes. · · 

The limits of the Steubenville field. are not 

known, but the coal has been reached by 

shafts as far south as Rush Run, 10 1niles below 

the courthouse. At Brilliant 5 feet of coal 

were found and at Rush Run 7 feet, but the 

upper and.lower foot is -of poor quality and for 

that reason was left in the mine. The coal bed 

is irregular in thickness, being in plac~s absent 

and in other places too thin to work. No 

mining has been done from this shaft for many 

years. West 9f Steubenville the coal. is under· 

thick pover and no data at hand as to its thickness or quality. It probably extends north and 

northwest to Yellow Creek and in that event 

underlie~ a large area. The-field is worthy of 

exploration and may prove valuable ·when 

better and n1ore available supplies have heel). 

exhausted. 

The Lower Freeport -coal is the basis of an 

important mining industry in the vicinity of 

A1nsterdam, Jefferson Co.unty,- and north to 

Bergholz, being worked by four or five railroad 

shipping mines. hr those at Amsterdam 

shafts are necessary, but about 3! mil~s farther 

.northeast the coal rises to the surface along 

the valley of Yellow Creek. It is undoubtedly 

the same as the Roger coal of theOhio Valley. 

,A ft.in. · B Ft. in. 

Shale Coal,impure 4 

Coal 2 5 

Coal ~- 0 

Coal, bony 2 

Partin€ h ·Coal j Coal 10 2 

Clay ~-:;. 

Coal,impure 2 

FIGURE 28.-Sections of Lower Freeport (No. 6a) coal bed in ;retrerson 

County, Ohio. A, Steubenville; B; Amsterdam. 

The charaoter of the bed in' this vicinity is 

illustrated in figure 28, B, and also by the following sections: 

Section of Lower· Freeport coal bed in A?WJterdam mine, · 

a mile south of A?WJterdcim, Ohio. 

Ft. in. 

Coai, bony ......................•......... 1 2' 

Coal ...................... _. __ ..... __ :._ .. 1 6! 

Coal, bony ............................... . 3 

Coal ......................... : ......... · .. . 1 11 

Coal, impure ............................. . 5 

Shale. 

5 3~ 

Section. of Lower Freeport coal bed in Elizabeth mine, 2 miles 

east of Amsterdam, Ohio. 

Ft. in. 

~Coal, bony: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4! 

Coal....................................... 6 

Coal; bony ..... _ .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Coal ...................................... 1 7 

Coal, bony ............. , ........... : . . . . . . 3! 

.Coal ............ : .................... , ..... 1 9! 

Shale. 

4 7! 

The average of the two samples from this 

mine gave, in proximate analysis, moisture, 3.4, 

volatile matter, 38.0, fixed cru,·bon 51.6_, and 

ash 7.0 per cent, and in ultimate analysis car;; 

bon 73.31, hydrogen 5.40, oxygen 10.15, nitrogen 1.46, sulphur 2.71, and ash 6.9·7 per cent .. 

The heat value is 13,390 B. t. u. 

The Lower. Freeport. coal can be followed 

southwest from Columbiana and Jefferson 

counties to the Hockin.g Valley, but it attains 

a thickness of 3 feet in few places and hence 

is of· no value at present. . In sec. 9, Clayton 

Township, Perry County, the bed is 3 feet 3 

inches thick and has been mined locally by 

farmers·. Much the same conditions prevail 
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 100 PLATE IV 

A . UPPER FREEPORT COAL BED IN CREEK BANK, SALINEVILLE, COLUMBIANA 

COUNTY, OHIO. 

B. SHAFT MINE ON PITTSBURGH COAL BED AT LAFERTY, BELMONT COUNTY, OHIO. 
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THE COAL FIELDS OF ·OHIO. 57 

in Pike Township, but it is thick~r in the vicin-

. ity of. Moxahala, Pleasant Township, whereit 

IneasiD·es as much as 5 feet. However, the bed 

is irregular in thickness and the coal is high in 

sulphur. It has been mined at this place and 

was once used for n1aking pig iron. 

'rhe coal attains workable thickness in Vinton 

County and has been .mined in the vicinity of 

I-Ialnden Furnace, where it 1neasrn:es 3 feet 8 

inches. At present, however, it is not mined in 

either Vinton or Jackson counties except by 

stripping along streams. The thickness of the 

bed in these two counties rarely exceeds 20 

inches. The coal is found in Lawrence County, 

where it is known as the Hatcher bed, but it 

rarely attains 2 feet 6 inches in thickness. At 

present it is mined in a ve~y small way along 

Little Ice Creek in the sou,thern part of the 

county. 

UPPER FREEPORT (NO.7) COAL BED. 

The coal bed 1neasures 5 feet in thickness and 

is 1nined on a large scale at West Point, about 

halfway between East Palestine and Salineville: 

It has the saii':te general structure as that at 

East Palestine and Salineville, but in places the 

bench below the parting is high in sulphur and 

therefore is not worked. At Salineville, another 

itnportant center of development, the Upper 

Freeport coal, here known as. the "Big vein," 

has been mined for railroad shipment for more 

than 50 years. (See Pl. IV, A.) 

Section of coal in bank of Yellow Creek at Salineville, OhiQ. 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Coal .... _:_.................................. 8 

Shale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · 1 

Coal .................. ! ••••• , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 3 0 

Shale ............... : ............. , . . . . . . . . . . '1 

Coal. ................. , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 10 

Clay. 

5 7t 

· The upper parting in this section appears to· 

Generalfeatures.-The Upper Freeport (No. be uncommon, for Orton says that the coal in 

7) is the third most important coal bed in Ohio, 

the 1nore valuable ones being the Middle Kittanning (No. 6) and the Pittsburgh (No. 8). 

The relation of this bed to uP.derlying ones is 

shown in thQ sections on page 42. The Upper 

·Freeport coal, like the Middle Kittanning, ext.ends across the State from Columbiana County 

to Lawrence, b~t it lacks the persistence ·and 

regularity of the Middle Kittanning. In places 

it is well developed and worked on a largescale, 

A 

Shale 

Coa~ 

5hale 

Coal 

Clay 

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2.0 

I 6 

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Coal 

Shale 

Coal 

Clay 

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but throughout 111ore extensive areas it is 'thin ;FroURE 29.-SeetionsofUpperFreeport(No. 7)coal bedinColumbiana 

I C01.~ty,, Ohio. A, East Palestine; B, Salineville. and of little value. n places the Mahoning 

sandstone for1ns the .roof, and in some 0 { these the vicinity of Salineville has only one parting 

\t dips down and cuts out the coal i~ whole or in. and that near the bottom. Orton's section is 

part. The coal is usually tender and hence shown infigure 29, B. From this locality the 

does not bear transportation well. Moreover, outcrop of the Upper Freeport coal runs 

it weathers rapidly. Nevertheless it is well northeast and perhaps. connects with th~t at 

adapted for stea1n pm·poses and h~s a large West Point. About a mile west_ of Salineville 

1narket. the· coal becomes so s4aly that 1t can not be 

Colum7Jiiana County.-In Columbiana County 1narketed, and it thins rapidly to the east and 

the Upper Freeport coal ha8 long been mined at south. 

East Palestine, near the Pennsylvania line, Many years ago, when slack coal was simply 

where Orton mea.::;ured the following section: waste, an unsuccessful effort wa1S made to use~ 

the slack at this place for the manufacture of · Sect·£on of Upp~1· Freeport coal bed at East Palestine, Ohio. 

· [See fig. 29, A.] 

Sandstone, Mahoning. Ft. in. 

Shale, black ................................. : .. _. 24 0 

Coal. .................................... : . . . 2 0 

Partit)g ............................ ·. . . . . . . . . . 2 

coke. Two grad~s were produced-a soft coke, 

which yielded 1:2.1 per cent of ash and 2. 73 

p~r cent ~f sulphm·, for domestic purposes, 

and a harder variety, which gave _1_7.5 per cent 

of ash and 3.66 per cent of sulphur. 

Carroll County.-Toward the .southwest lies 

the Dellroy or Sherrodsville field in the south29 8 west corner of Carroll County .. This field 

Coal ........................................ - l 6 

Clay ......... ." .......... : •............ , . . . . . . . . . . · 2 0 
58 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

extends into Monroe Township on the north, limits can be determined only by the drill. 

nearly to Bowerston on the south, nearly as far The field is drained by Wills and Leatherwood 

as Carrollton on t:he east, and into Tuscarawas creeks and most of the mines ~e on those 

County on the west. A number of mines for streams. The. coal dips below Leatherwood 

railroad shipment have· been worked, but all Creek near the· eastern boundary of Camhave been abandoned, and the best of the bridge Township and below Wills Creek about 

bed is reported to have been worked out. one-half mile north of Byesville; 

Sherrodsville is said to have had, when mining The stru~ture of the bed, as shown by figure 

was at its height, a population of 1,450, but 30, is ··similar to that already reported fr01n 

now it has only 350 .. The coal at its best was ·columbiana and Carroll counties. It consists 

_ 6 feet thick, but it was inconstant, and miners· of two. benches, with a parting near the bot- ' 

could not count on any definite thickness. tom. The maximum thickness is 7 feet, but 

The following section by Orton is as represen- the Mahoning san_dstone in places _cuts out the 

tative as a single section can be of an irregular 

coal bed. · 

Section of Upper Freeport coal bed at Sherrodsville, Ohio. 

Shal!\ black. Ft. in. 

Coal ..................... " .................. 2 10 

. Parting ... , . ·.- ............... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

· Coal .... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 2' 

Clay_. _ . u 

.. 

The coal is still mined. at a number of places 

for the use -of farmers·, and the supply is adequate for that· purpose for generations. 

Tuscarawas Oounty.-The Upper Freeport 

coal is of some importance in Tuscarawas 

County. It is now mined for railroad shipment near Midvale and Still~ater, but its area 

near the latter: place is reported to be small. 

Guernsey Oounty.-Guernsey County, which 

lies south of Tuscarawas, forms part of one of 

the largest coal fields of Ohio. Plate V shows 

four areas in this county in which the Upper 

Freeport coal bed· is of minable thickness. In 

the northern part of the county the Upper 

Freeport coal does not appear to have great 

value, but it is mined in places by farmers. 

The principal area of workable coal lies south 

of Cambridge, as shown· on Plate V. In this 

field _the coal bed thickens greatly in a short 

distance south of Cambridge, and it extends 

southward to the vicinity of Caldwell, ·Noble 

County. Cambridge has always been considered headquarters for this field, and the fuel 

is known in the mar-ket as the _Cambridge 

coal. The western boundary of the field, considering it to be limited to territory in which 

the coal is 4 ·feet or more thick, is in the longitude of Cambridge and its eastern boundary in 

that of Lore City. 0(See Pl. V.) However, to 

the east the coal is below drainage, and its 

Shale 

Coal 

Clay 

Coal 

··Clay 

A Ft. in .. 

Shale 

Partin 

Coal 

Clay. 

.~:·Ft, ln. 

FIGURE 30.-Sections of Upper Freeport (No. 7) coal bed in Guernsey 

County, Ohio. A, Cambridge T?wnship; B, Center Township. 

coal in whole or in part, g;reatly handicapping 

the.field. 

Section of Upper Freeport or Cambridge coal bed in old Nicholson r:1-ine near Cambrirlge,Ohio. 

Shale: Ft. in. 

'"'Draw slate" ................................ . 

Coal with numerous shale partings, none persistent .................................... 4 

Clay ....... ;···.-·-·-----·-_._ .. _ ... __ . ________ _ 

- Coal ............. : . ......... ·- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 

Clay. 

7 

3 

6 

2 

4 

3 

An analysis of this coal from the Forsyth~" 

niine, Danford, Guernsey County, 1 gives :vola- · 

tile matter 38.2, fixed carbon 54.0, ash 7.8, 

and sulphur 3. 79 per cent. The heat value is 

13,550 B. t. u. . 

Although the l;>ed has only one regular 

parting, it has many thin discontinuous ones 

in places, and these increase ·the percentage of ash and sulphur. The coal is tender 

and does not bear transportation well. Its 

largest use is in steam production, but it has 

also a fair market for household use. Under 

normal industrial conditions about 25 mines 

1 As this analysis is of theoreticany·dry coal, it should not be com· 

pared with other analyses given in this paper. · 

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By FA Ray 

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are in operation.' The field has !?~en worked 

in a large way for 40 years and has apparently 

reached, if not passed, its zenith. Extensions 

during the past few years have been largely to 

·the south, in which direction much prospect-:-

ing with the drill has been done: 

The following figures indicate the production ·of the Cambridge field in short tons, 

nearly all of which came from-the Upper Freeport bed. 

CoalJJroduct{on, in short tons, of the Cambridge field, 

Guernsey County, Ohio. 

1883. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244, 650 . 

1890. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558, 637 

1900. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 941, 373 

1913. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 109, 133 

J.1uskingum Oounty.-The Upper Freeport 

conl is found in every township east of the 

river in Muskingum County, but under much of 

this large area the bed is thin and of little 

value. It has been worked by farmers at 

several places, notably iii the vicinity of Sonora 

and Zanesville, where it attains a maximum 

thickness of 5 feet 6 inches. A section of the 

bed in Wayne Township, a few miles south of 

Zanesville, in represented in figure 31, A. It 

is now mined for railroad shipment on the 

narrow-gage railroad 5 miles east of Zanesville. 

·Near Blue Rock, on the river in the southern 

part of the county, the co'al was long mined for 

local t1;ade. The bed is normally 4 feet thi~k in 

this field, and the c_on1 is very bright and high 

in volatile matter. · 

I-Iowever, the most valuable_ area of the 

. Upper Freeport Qoal in Muskingun1 Cotmty 

lies in the southwestern part and includes. a 

large part of Brush Creels Township, about 

one-third of Clay Township, and nearly three 

sections in Newton Township. It has long 

been mined by farmers. It has a generally 

constant thic]mess of about 4 feet, containing 

fmv shale or clay partings. 

Section oi Upper Freeport coal bed in Maynard Bros. mine, 

Brush CreeTC To'Wnship, Muskingum County, O,hio. 

Shale. Ft;. in . 

Coal, upperbench .. · .......................... 1 4 

Pyrite and shale ... _ .... _... . .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . L} 

Coal, lower bench._ .......................... 2 7 

fixed _carbon 44.2, and ash 7.6 per cent; and 

an ultimate analysis gives carbon 68.27, hydrogen 5.55, oxygen 12.30, nitrogen 1.32, sulphur 5, and ash. 7.56 per cent. · The heat value 

is 12,680 B. t. u. 

·perry Oounty . .,-From Muskingum County 

the Upp-er _Freeport coal can be followed southwest into Perry County; where it has long 

been worked by farmers and is now mined for 

railroad· shipment at Burr Oak, in the southern 

part of Monroe Township. The coal is at its 

best, so far as thiclmess is concerned, in this 

township, where it has a ·maximum· of 6 feet, 

with the usual character of the bed and quality 

of the coal. It is locally Jmown in parts of 

Perry County as the Norris coal. . 

Athens Oounty.-South of Monro~ Township 

it is thick in Trimble and Do-yer townships, 

Athens County, · and has long been mined 

A Ft. in. B Ft. ln. 

Shale Shale 

Coal,upper bench I 6 

Parting Coal 3 z. 

Coal, hard I 10 

Clay 

FIGURE 31.-S\l~tions of Upper freeport (No. 7) coal hed in Ohio. 

A, Wayne Township, Muskingum County; B, Symmes Township, 

Lawrence County. 

for 1~ailroad shipment along the Sunday Creek 

valley.· It is now worke9. in the large way 

at Palos, Jn,cksonyille,· between Jacksonv.ille 

and Millfield, arid near · .Millfield. 

Section of Upper Freeport· coal bed at Jacksonville, in south-

. ern Trirnble TotvnshiJJ, Athens County, Ohjo. 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Coal, upper bench ...................... _..... 2 2 

ShnJ~·-···· ... . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 2 

Co~l, lower bench............................ 2 2 

Clay. 

4 G 

Tl~e coal was formerly coked on a small 

scale near the western border of Dover Township. Only the slack seems to have been used, 

and it was dirty and hig}:t in sulphur. The 

coke could. not be used in hig}l-grade foundry Clay. 

4 } work.· 

York Township, which lirs west of Dover, 

A proxi1nate analysis of a snu1ple from this 

1nine gives m0isture 4.7, volatile matter 4?.5, 

contains a.Il important area of the Upper Fl'oeport coal, which is mined for railroad shipment 
60 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

at Buchtel, ·Doanville, and ·near .Nelsonville. 

At its best the bed is 6 feet thick but is somewhat dirty~ owing to thin shale or clay partings. An analysis shows 8.3 .per cent· ash. 

· The coal has been mined in a small way in 

Waterloo and Athens townships in the · san1e 

county; its area is large, hut the 9oal in Athens 

Township is reported to be irregular in thickness. 

Vinton County.-The Upper Freeport coal is 

of very little value in Vinton County, the only 

known workable areas being in Wilkesville 

Township, where in a very small area in sec. 

22 it has a maximum thickness of 6 feet. 

Jaclcson and Lawrence counties.-The Upper 

Freeport coal is found in the hills along the eastern border of Jackson County, but it is thin and 

nowhere mined. The bod has long been worked 

for local use near Rockcai.np in the southern part 

Clay 

Coal,upper bench 

~;11 Shale 

Clay 

A f't. in. 

Coal,upper bench 

I 3 Shale 0 

3 

7 

Coal,lowerbench 3 2 

4 0. 

FIGURE 32.-Sections of Upper Freeport (No. 7)coal bed in Lawrence 

County, Ohio. A, Symmes Township; B, Aid ToWnship. 

of Lawrence County, where it has a maximum 

thiclmess .of 3 feet. It attains importance in 

Symmes ·Valley in the eastern part of the 

county, where it is known as the Waterloo bed. 

Its thichlless there is very irregular and may 

reach 6 feet, but in places the coal is wanting. 

The two benches found elsewhere are generally 

·present in this field, but tho parting is in many 

places expanded and may measure a foot or 

even more. The character of the coal bed in 

this valley is shown in figure 31, B, and in figure 32, A and B.· · · 

COAL BEDS IN THE CONEMAUGH FORMATION. 

The Conemaugh formation, formerly known 

as the "Lower J3arren Coal Measures," lies 

between the Upper Freeport (No. 7) and the 

Pittsburgh (No~· 8) coal b~ds. The formation 

outcrops in a broad band 5 to 28 miles in 

width stretching fron1 Columb~ana County 

sout!twestward ·'to Lawrence County at the 

extreme southern point of the State. It ranges 

in thickilesa fron1. 355 feet in southern Ohio to 

500 feet in the eastern part of the State. 

Generalized section of the Conemaugh formation in Noble and 

adjoining counties. 

[By D. D. Condit.] 

Coal, Pittsburgh, basal member of the Monongahela formation. Feet. 

J..~imestone and clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 

Sandstone or sandy shale ...... -~- ................. _. 21 

Limestone in several layers, generally with a lumpy 

brecciated or pebbly surface; buff color common... G 

Shale, with alteniating beds of sandstone and clay, 

commonly reddish brown ..................... , _... 120 

Shale, sandy, or locally sandstone (Morgantown member) ........................ ·: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

Limestone, Ames or '' Crinoidal ,, member... . . . . . . . . 2 

Shale ................ ~. · ............. ·............. 11 

Coal, Harlem, usually thin, workable at Harlem 

Springs, Carroll County. 

Shale or red clay, loc!lllY replaced by sandstone 

(Saltsburg member) ...... ~....................... 20 

Limestone, nodular or in continuous layers ..... ~.... 3 

Shale, sandy, with local lentils of massive sandstone 

(First Cow Run sand of oil drillers). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GO 

Coal, A1iderson (Bakerstown of Pennsylvania and 

West .Virginia); 18inches to 2.feet thick near 

Lore Oity and Pleasant City, Guernsey County, 

and locally of similar thicknesses to the south 

and southwest in Noble and Morgan counties. 

The roof shal~ is black and contains marine · 

fossils. 

Clay, with nodular limestone ................ ~ .... . 

Limestone, Cambridge member, dark gray, fossiliferous; varying from nodular to a single continuous. 

layer; well suited for lise as road materiaL ........ . 

Shale, locally replaced by a bed of massive sandstone 

(Buffalo member), especially prop:tinent along Stillwater Creek, in Tuscarawas County ........ : ..... . 

Shale, dark, with marine fossils and one or more thin 

coal beds (Brush Creek member) ................ . 

Sandstone, shaly to massive ............ , ..... · ..... . 

Clay and shale, with one or more limestone layers ... ·. 

Sandstone, shaly ........................... ~·- .... · .. 

Shale and clay, with 'locally a thiri coal (Mahomng 

member) ......................... · ............. . 

Sandstone, shaly to massive (Mahoning member) ... . 

Upper Freeport or Cambridge coal, top member 

of Allegheny formation. 

11 

4 

38 

20 

20 

10 

45 

10 

35 

471. 

In southern Ohio, according to Condit, the 

general section is similar to that just given, 

though the formation IS thinner and presents 

minor variations. 

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U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 100 PLATE VI 

A. QUARRY IN MAHONING SANDSTONE MEMBER NEAR CORNING, PERRY COUNTY, OHIO. 

B. BRUSH CREEK LIMESTONE MEMBER OF THE CONEMAUGH FORMATION NEAR DEXTER, 

MEIGS COUNTY, OHIO. 
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THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 61 

Ge:ncral, sect·ion of the Concmmtghfurmation ·in Jlfm:gs County, 

Ohio. 

Ination are the most persistent and lithologically uniform (see Pl. ·VI, B); but even these 

have sufferqd contemporaneous .erosion and 

are locally missing," owing to unfavorable conditions of deposition, such as the presence of 

shoals in these~ and continuous sedimentation 

:Limestone, nodular or in layers, interlain .with 

clay ..................... ····················· 

Shale, sandy ................ ~ .................. . 

Sandstone (Connellsville member), massive. to 

shaly .................... ····' ··· · · ·: · · · · · ·· · · 

Coal, "blossom." 

:Ft. in. 

4 0 

45 0 

:~0 0 

from rivers. 1 

Limestone, nodulat·.... .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 8 The coal beds of the Conemn,ugh formation 

Shale sandy. with red beds ......... :............. 38 0 are thin ·and unin1portant, though they are 

Clay,~·ed,withconcretionsofhematito ....... , ...... 28 ° wo'rked at places by farmers and at one place 

Shale, sanay .... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 12 0 for railroad shipment. The Mahoning bed is 

Limestone (Ames or "Crinoidal" member), im- b C d' 

pure and sandy in many localities............... 1 6 the lowest of these coals and is rated y on It 

Shale, sandy.................................... 10 o as the most important. It is known by sev-· 

Clay shale, red, with nodular limestone C" Round eral local names, such as Qroff in tho upper 

Knobhorizon"; "Pittsburghreds") ............ 34 0 Ohio:Valley, Strip at Salineville, and Fii;lley 

Coal, Anderson (Bakerstown), thin. 33 o along Island Creek in northern Jefferson 

Shale, sandy ........... ·.························ 1 bl · C . Limestone (Cambridge member), dense, dark gray, County. Its most va ua e areas are lU 0-

foss.iliferous; miss.ing in many localities ... :.... l 6 lun1biana, Jefferson, and Carroll ~ounties, 

Slmle; sandy ................................ · .. ·· 20 O throughout large parts of which the bed ranges 

Limestone (Brush Ct:eek member), shale, and from 2 to 3 feet in thiclmess. Condit states 

30 0 sandstone, all fossiliferous ..... , ............ · .. · 5 0 

that· this. coal is at its best in the vicinity of 

Shale, sandy ......................... '.......... G Salineville, where it measures as much as 38 Coal, Mason ................................ . 

Sand~tone, shalytomassive....................... 22 0 inches, has a shale parting about 10 ip.ches 

Coal, :Mahoning, thin. above the base, n.nd lies only 32 feet above the 

Clay, withferruginouslime.stoneattop............ 3 0 Upper Freeport or "Big vein." About 2 

Sandstone (Mahoning member), mass.ive. · · · · · · · · · 33 0 miles west of Salineville, in the ~astern part of 

Coal, Upper Freeport (No. 7); top member of Carroll County·, this coal is worked .for rail- the Allegheny formati01.1. 

road shipment by two companies, and it is the 351 2 

only 'place in Ohio where a coal in the ConThe rocks of the Conemaugh fornuttion have emaugh formation is mined for such shipment. 

been described by Condit to consist Along Island Creek in northern . Jefferson 

mostly of sandstone, sandy sl~ale, and clay, mu.ch of which County the Mahoning coal bed is from 3 feet · 

ha.s a reddish-brown color. Coal beds and limestones to 4 feet 6 inches in thickness and has long been 

are few and thin. All of the beds are characterized by nlined for local use. From what has been said 

lack of persistence, and vary greatly from place to place . . h. 1 ~ M 1 . ai is at least . as to thickness and appearance. Local erosion planes and .It IS apparent t at t le a 10nrng CO . . 

unconformities of small magnitude are abundant and occur of marked local value. . . 

at all horizons. These hiatuses are shown by conglom- The Mason coal, although persistent; IS of 

eratesand truncated strata. Frequently the materia~ of the little value except in eastern Ohio, where it . 

conglomerates can be traced to so~e near-by fossihferous lies about 75 feet above the Upper Freeport 

limestone or coal bed. [See Pl. vi, A.] . coal. Condit states that it is m.ined at several 

The lower ha~ of t~e.Cone~augh format10n. places along the ·Youngstown & Ohio River 

is largely of marine origin and ~ncludes a m~m- Railroad in Madison Township, C.olumbi.ana 

ber of f~~siliferous beds, ~he highest of which, County, and ·is from 3 feet to 3 feet 6 inches 

lying _tt httle a~ove. the nudclle, mark~ the :fi~al thick, but these dimensions do not .appear to 

invasion o~ the sea 1nto the Appalachian Basin. persist throughout wide areas. . . 

All overlying strat:1 lack forms of undoubted The WilO'us coal bed is 18 to 36 inches thick 

nutrit~e origin, their_ foss~s being ~ostly plant .in parts of 0Qallia and Lawrence c?unties in the 

remmns and certa1n nunute fossils, such as southern part of the State and IS worked for 

Spirorbis, ostrtwods, and ga_stropods, generally a local supply on many farms, especially in the 

re~a~·ded as fresh-':~ter, With some fis~, am- valley of Symmes Creek. The CaD?-bridge 

phibian, nnd reptilian bones. Some Insect limestone fonns its roof. 

remains ttre well preserved in the shnle. The · 

marine limestoneS Of the lower half Of the for- t Con?it, D. D., Ohio Genl. Survey, 4t.h ser., Hull. 17, p. lii, 1912. 
62 THE. COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

The Anderson coal, according to Condit, is 

workable over much of Muskingum and Morgan 

counties and in places in Guernsey, Noble, and 

I-Iarrison counties. In :Muskingum County it 

is reported_at its beat in Union, Salt Creek, and 

Blue Roc~· townships,· where fts thickness is 

2 to 3 feet. m1d its quality is ·very good. In. 

southwest Harrison County it ·is 1 foot 6 inches 

to 3 feet thick, though the 3-foot thickness is 

not common. It is mined on. a few farms. On 

tho property of the Noble Brick Co. at Glenwood station, Noble County, the Anderson coal 

is 23 inches thiek, and it has been opened on 

n1any· farms along Buffalo Creek in the northern part of this county. · 

The Barton coal bed, lying about halfway 

between the Ames and Cambridge limestones, 

is thin and of small value even locally. In 

southern Carroll County it is ,20 ·to 24 inches 

thick and is worked in a few mines. The shale 

roof is .strong and requires little or no timbering. The coal is of good quality. · 

The llarlem coal, the highest bed of workable thickness 'in the Conemaugh formation, is 

· at its best in Jefferson, Carroll, and Harrison 

counties. Harlem Springs, in the southeast 

part of Carroll County, is its best-known ·locality and supplies coal. to the farmers for miles· 

in all directions. Although the coal does not_ 

attain a thickness of 3 feet, ·it reaches 2 feet 6 

inches throughout a broad area. 

COAL BEDS IN THE MONONGAHELA ]i'ORMATION.· 

GENERAL FEATURES.· 

~he Monongahela formati<?~, formerly known 

as the "Upper Productive Coal Measu:res," outcrops as a broad belt from Jefferson County 

southwes-t to Lawrence Cotmty and includes 

parts of Jefferson, lla.rrison, Belm.ont, Gueril:-

sey, Monroe, Noble,. 1\forgan, Muskingum, 

WD.shington, Athens, Meigs, Gallia, and Lawrence countie.s. The formation has for its 

basal1nember the Pittsburgh (No." 8) coal and 

:for its sumn1it the Waynesburg bed; Orton 

credited the formation with a thiel\ness of 200 

feet; and Condit's section differs but little from 

this. The formation contains three important 

coal beds, the Pittsburgh, Pomeroy, and ¥eigs 

Creek, and two beds of lesser value, the Uniontmvn mid W11y:nesburg. The relative positions 

of these are shown in the following section. 

Generalized section of the Mo~ngahelaforrnation in Belmont 

a1ul adjoining counties, Ohio. 

[By D. D. Condit.] · . Feel 

Coal, Waynesburg, mined at Somerton, Nowcastle, and Hunter,· Belmont County; high in 

ash; usually. a solid bed with no persistent clay 

or bone bands. 

Clay and sandy shale. . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 

Coal, thin.· 

Clay and buff limestone ......... -........... ;. . . . . . . . 4 

Sandstone, varying from shaly and cross-bedded to 

massive; quarried west of Miltonsburg, Monroe 

County......................................... 50 

Coal, Uniontown; mined near Hunter, Belmont 

Comity, and along Sunfish Creek, east of Woodsfield, Monroe County; high in ash and usually 

has several clay bands. 

Clay, with thin layers of nodular limestone......... 10 

Sandstone, shaly ............................... ~ . . . 18 

Limestone (Benwood member), numerous beds 1 to 2 

feet thick, interlayered withe alcareous clay. In the 

lower portion is a conspicuous· bed of olive-green 

clay ............................ :................ 72 

Coal, Meigs Creek; ·workable in Belmont County 

and also over much of Noble, Washington, and 

. other counties to the southwest;. rather high in 

ash but seidom has persistent bands of .clay or 

bony coal. 

Sandstone, varying from shaly to massive and coarse 

grained.......................................... 35 

Coal, .Lower Meigs Creek; workable in a few localities near Temperanceville, Belmont County, 

and southward in Monroe County; contains 

' . manybandsofimpuritiesand much "sulphur." 

L1mestone ................ ·, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 

Shale and clay ..................... , .. : . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 

Limestone, ye!lowish ........... ·.·................. · 3 

Sandstone, shaly....... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 

Coal, Pomeroy; thin or wanting ............... ,. 

Limestone, laminated, black,· \tnderlain by. yellowish 

limestone 'layers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 

Shale, sandy......... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 

Coal, Pittsburgh; present in workable thickness 

throughout nearly the whole of Belmont County 

and parts of the surrounding counties. 

293 PITTSBURGH (NO. 8) COAL BED. 

GENERAL FEATURES. 

The Pittsburgh or No.8 coal is one of the two 

Inost important coal beds in Ohio, its only rival. 

being the Middle Kittanning (No.6) bed, which 

is more persistent, has a larger -acreage, and is·. 

of a little better quality. The Pittsburgh coal 

in Ohio occupies three widely separated fields- · 

the Belmont County field~ the Federal Creek 

field- of :Morgan and Athens counties, and the 

Swan Creek field of G_allia· Count:r- Outside of 

these fields the coal is thin and usu~llyworthless. 

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THB COAL FIELDS OF OHio·. 63 

BEJ,MON1' nEI,D. 

General features.-1'he Belm"ont field is by far 

tho largest of the three fields mentioned. It 

includes nearly the whole of Belmont County, 

tho southern two-fifths of Jeffm~son County with 

.numerous outliers farther north, the southeastern third of I-Iarrison County, several ridges in 

tho southeastern co:rner of Guernsey County, 

the northeastern corner of Noble County, and 

a somewhat undetermined area in the northern 

pn,rt of Monroe County. (See Pl. VII.) 

Ohio River cuts (hrough the coal as far as the 

southeast corner of Belmont County where it ' ' is said to flow on top of the bed. Several western tributaries, the largest of which are Short 

Creek, Wheeling Creek, and McMahon Creek, 

also cut through the coal bed, making it accessible and providing e.asy routes for railroads. 

I-Iowever, throughout a large area ·in: central 

Belmont County the coal is below drainage and 

can be reached only by shafting. ·In Monroe 

County the coal is everywhere under cover 

except in the northwest corner, where it ·has 

been trenched by the headwaters of Wills Creek. 

Throughout this large area the principal 

structuTal features of the b~d are uniform except along the western border. In the townships fronting on Ohio River the structure is 

similar to that in the. type locality, southwestern Pennsylvania, anc~ is as follows: 

Type sect·ion of the Pittsb·urgh coal bed. 

Roof coal. 

"Draw slate" or over~Jay. 

Breast coal or 1~1ain bench. 

Clay parting. 

Bearing-in coal. 

Clay parting. 

Brick coal. 

Clay parting, .in some places absent. 

Bottom coal. 

is not nuned. In n1~ny places· it·is ·associn,ted 

with shale and forms the mine roof. 

Belmont Oounty.-No othe~ county in Oluo 

is so·favored with coal as Belmont. The hilltops in the southern half of the county. rise. to 

or above the horizon of the W aynesburO' coal . 0 ' 

which is a local source of fuel on soJne of the 

farms. The next lower coal bed. is the Union.:. 

towp., which is worked 'at a score or lnore places 

in the county and 1nay becorne a source of fuel 

of real value when the n1uch 1nore i1nportant 

beds lying l>elowit have been worked out. The 

Meigs Creek coal, 3 to 4 feet thick, is_100 to 140 

feet below: the Uniontown and underlies the 

entire county except along the west border, in 

the northeast corner, and in narrow strips along 

a few streams. More in1portant than all these 

beds combined,. however, is the great Pittsburgh coal bed, 3 to 5 feet thick, which under-: 

lies the entire county except the northwest 

corner, where the headwaters of Stillwater 

Creek have swept the coal away; the valleys of 

Wheeling and McMa~on creeks; a narrow strip· 

along Ohio River; and a few hundred acres in 

the southwe!'t corner _of the county. Thro~ghout this large area the thickness of the bed 

and quality of the coal, though subject to some 

·variation, are remarkably uniforn1. The coal 

is at ~ts best along the Ohio Valley, where it is 

tlucker~ a little lower in ash and n1oisture, and 

greater in heat value than elsewhere. Along 

the river front in the northern part. of. the 

county the c·oal is high 'in the hills, but its 

dip ca~ries it to the level of the flood plain in 

the vicinity of Bellaire and to the bed "of the 

river in the southern part of the county. 

As it O).ltcrops so. prorilinently the coal 

must have been known fr01n the time of 

settlelnent and was probably mined for 'household purposes as early as 1825. Shipment by 

Along the western border of the field the river was started about 1835 and had become 

breast coal thins and in places the bearing-:in. an in1portant_industry by 1845, the coal going 

coal is lacking. In a nune at Tmnperanceville, as fa:r; as New Orl~ans. The Baltilnore & Oluo 

Behnont County, the coat bed consists of two R~ilroad began hauling coal about 1858 .from. 

benches separated by a shflle _parting and has a mine a nrile west of Bellaire and from that 

a structure sim.llar to that in the Fed~ral Creek time to 1900 the output of the field grew steadand Swan Creek fields.· ~e ''~_raw slate" o.r- ily; since 1900 the increase has been -yery rapid. 

overclay co.mmonly ranges ~n ~lnckness fr01n a , Belmont County is now by far the largest 

few to 18 Inches. Above 1t IS the roof coal, produc.er in the State· in 1913 before the .. 

which rarely attains a tlrickness of 2 feet and disastrous strike,. it prpduced 1no~e coal than 

73210-17-3 
THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

any other two counties in Ohio. The follow- The ~haracter of the be.d in the vicinity of 

ing figures indicate the growth of the industry: Bellaire is shown by the following section: 

Production of coa.l in Belmont County, Ohio, in short tons. Section of Pittsburgh coal bed in Empire Coal Mining Co.'s 

1890 ........................ , . . . 774, no · mine, 1 mile south of Bellv.ire, Ohio. 

1895 0 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 846, 643 

1900 .............. · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 345, 284 

1905 .............. : . . . . . . . . . . . . 3, 957, 980 

1910 ..... ' ................... ·.. 8, 265, 019 

1913. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 436, 259 ° 

1914 ......................... ·.. 2, 849, 181 

1915. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4, ?04, 566 

The shipping mines, of which there are about 

50, are distributed along the river frorit or the 

A Ft:in. B Ft. ln. 

z~ Shale - Coal;impure z 

I 7 Coal I 9 

---~ Shale ___ ;~ 

-,,~ 

-.2 Coal ::-- z Shale ----)i_ 

Coal I 8Ja 

~---% 

I -z 

Clay 

"Draw slate" .................................. . 

Coal, breast ................................. . 

Pyrite ............... · ..... -.---.--.----- .. ----

Coal, bearing-in: ........................... . 

Shale and pyrite .......... · ................. . 

Ft. in. 

1 0 

2 1 

i 

:3 

Coal, brick, containing six very thin shale partings ............. 0 ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 5 

Shale and pyrite.............................. 1 

Coal, bottom................................. 10 

Shale. 

5 9~ 

The proxim~te analysis of a sample from tllis 

mine shows moisture 3.5, volatile matter 38.6, 

fixed carbon 51, and ash 6.9 per cent; an ultimate analysis shows carbon 72.06, hydrogen 

5.45, oxygen 10.70, nitrogen 1.17, sulphur 3.76, 

and ash 6.86 per cent. The heat value is 13,190 

B. t. u. 

FIGURE 33.-Sections of Pittsburgh (No. 8) coal bed in Belmont This section and analyses may be considered 

county, Ohio. A, Flushing Township; B, Union Township. typical of the coal in the dozen or more mines 

Baltimore & Ohio and its 0 branches. As yet in the vicinity of Bellaire. The coal is well 

the southern two-fifths of this county has shown along McMahon Creek to a point near 

hardly been touched and con~titutes a fuel Glencoe, where it passes below drainage. 

body of great value. The coal bed is nearly 

uniform, but a few sections of it will be given. B Ft.ln. 

Figure 33, A and B, shows the coal bed i~ the 

northwest corner of the county and figure 34, 

A and B, in the northeast corner. 

Section of Pittsburgh coal bed in Wheeling. Valley Coal Co.'s 

Parting, CoalParting 

2 Yz 

:::·:~ ----~ 

Coal 2 6~ 

/74 

__ .-5 

----~ --- mine at Lafferty, Union Township, Belmont County, /" Coal 2 7jz ==~b4 

Ohio. ;--rs 

[See Pl. IV, B, and fig. 33, B.] 

Ft. in. 

"Draw slate" ................................... 1 0 

Coal, impure, rejected....................... 2 

Coal, breast ... -~ ............................ . 

Parting .......... · .............................. . 

Coal, bearing-in ............................ . 

Parting ................... _· 0 ••••••• : ••••••••• 

1 9 

l 

2 

! 

Coal, brick ................. : .... : . : . . . . . . . 1 8~ 

Parting ....................... : 0 ••• 0 ••••••••• • i 

Coal, bottom ......... 0 ••••••••••••••••••••••• 1 .2 

Clay -- Clay -- FIGURE 34.-8ections of Pittsburgh· (No. 8) coal bed in Belmont 

County, Ohio. A, Pease Township; B, Colerain 'rownship. · 

The character of the Pittsburgh coal bed in 

·Mead ·Township is- shown in figure 35, A, and 

by the following section, which includes the 

roof coal: 

Section of Pittsburgh coal bed in Johnson Bros.' mine 

6 i near mouth. of Pipe Creek, Belmont Cotmty, Ohio. 

A proxiinate analysis· of a sample from this Ft. in. 

mine shows moisture 4.5, volatile matter 36, Coal, roof.-··-··--··:····--···-····-··--····-·-·· 1t 

fixed carbon 48.8; ·and ash 10.7 per cent; an '"Draw slate":························-.-········ 1 4 

Coal, breast ...................................... 2 3 

ultimate analysis shows carbon 68.24, hydro- Shale .... ·. _____ . ___ .... · ...... _ .. _ .... , ... __ .... __ ·i 

gen 4.85, oxygen 10.60, nitrogen_ 1.10, sulphur Coal, bearing-in .......... : ..... ~ .. 0 ••••••••••••• 4t 

4.45, and ash 10.76 per cent. The heat value is Shale .. ---------.----.-.-.'-.- 0 -.------.-------- t 

12,430 B. t. u. The surface plant at this mine Coal, brick and bottom .... 0 0.... . •...•.•..••.. 3 2 

is shown in Plate IV, B (p. 56). 7 4 

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lVlAP UF THE BELMONT COAL FIELD (PITTSBURGH OR NO 8 COAL BED), EASTERN OHIO 

By D DeLle Ooncht 
... 

THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO • 65 

A proximate analysis of a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 2.9, volatile matter 37.9, 

fLxed carbon 51.2, and ash 8.0 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis.shows carbon 72.95, hydrogen 

5.11, oxygen 8.59, n,itrogen 1.04, sulph~ 4.31, 

and ash 8 per cent. The heat value is 13,210 

B. t. u. 

The "draw slate" is reported to contract in 

places to an inch and the breast coal to contain 

in phtees thin lenses of pyrit~. Partings of 

"smut" not 1nore than one-fourth inch thick 

were noted in the lower part of the coal bed. 

The coal at this place is reported to be on a level 

. with the bed· of Ohio River. Three diainonddrilt tests, made in sees. 2, 8, and 14, Mead 

'row.nship, disclosed thicknesses of 5 feet 1 inch, 

A Ft.in B Ft.in. 

S~ale Shale -

Coal 10 

Coal 2 3 Shale %. 

Shale _.,-~ 

Coal 3 0 Coal 4,lz 

Shale , __ Yz 

Coal 3 z Clay -

. FIG u 1u~ :J5. -Sections of Pitts burgh (No. 8) coal bed in Belmont County, 

Ohio. A, Mead 'l'ownship; B, Somcrsrt Township. 

5 feet 5 inches, and 5 feet, respectively, of the 

Pittsburgh coal bed. 

Section of PittsbU?·gh coal bed in Captina Coal Co.'s m:ine, 

A.rrnst1·ongs :Mills, Washington Township, Belmont County,· 

Ohio. J?t. in. 

Coal, roof ...... ~ .................. · .............. 1 0 

Coal, bony, 1·ejected............................. 3 

Coal, breast, with three thin partings ............. 2 8 

Shale.......................................... 1 

Coal, bcadng-in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 

Coal, brick, w:i th several "smut" layers ....... ~ . . . 1 f;~ 

Shale ......................................... ~. ~ 

Coal, bottom, with a few pyrite len8es ............. 1 1 

7 6~ 

A proximat~ analysis of ·a saniple from this 

mine shows moisture 2.8, volatile matter 37.9, 

fixed carbon 49.9, and ash 9.4 per cent;. an 

ultimate analysis shows carbon 69. 76, hydrogen 5.25, oxygen 9.39, nitrogen 1.09, sulphur 

5.09, and ash 9.42 per cent. The ht:mt value is 

12,990 B. t. u. 

This mine is located in the valley of Capt~a 

Creek. As its only outlet i~ a narrow-gage railroad the output is ·1iot large. -The coal is below 

. drainage everywhere on Cap tin~ Creek exc.ept 

near the middle of York Township, where a -low 

anticline brings it aboy-e the valley floor. 

Section of Pittsburgh coal bed in Jefferies mine Temperanceville, Ohio. 

[Sec fig. 3!l, B.] 

Sh~le. Ft. in. 

Coal ....... ·.· .................... : ......... . 10 

Shale and pyrite ............................ . t 

Coal ..................................... . 3 0 

3 10! 

·A proximate amtlysis of a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 4.1, volatile matter 37.1, 

fixed carbon 48.2, and ash io.6 per .cent; an 

ultimate analysis shows carbon 68. 77, hydrogen 4.89, oxygen 9.68, nitrogen 1.10, sulphur 

4.95, Mld ash 10.61 per cent. The· heat value is 

12,480 B. t. u. 

Variations in composition of the Pittsburgh 

coal from east to west across Belmont County 

are well shown below: · 

Variations .in Pittsburgh coCtl in Belmont County, Ohio. 

--

B.t. u. Ash. Sui- 1\{oisphm. ture . 

------

Eastern border of field, aver- age of 10 samples ......... 13,000 8.1 3. 74 3.(} 

Middle field, average of 6 

samples ................. Western border of field, 

12,650 9.0 3.35 4.8 

average of 5 samples ... : . . 12' 500 9. 9 4.02 4.8 

In air-dried sa1nples the n1oisture is about 3 

per cent. 

The coal cokes, but the coke, because of its 

sulphur content, can not compete with that from 

Connellsville or West Virginia .. It was f~rmerly coked in the eastern part of Belmont· 

County, but the practice ceased more than 20 

years ago. The great use of the coal is for 

steam and domestic purposes. · · 

Jefferson Oounty.~Jefferson County, which 

lies north of Belmont, is the second largest producer of coal in Ohio. In 1912 it had an output of 4,858,529 short tons, nearly all of which 

came from the Pittsburgh bed. ·As· this coal 

bed rises northw~rd it has been more extensively eroded in Jefferson than in Belmont 

Cow1ty, and it is largely restricted to the higher 

areas. Short .Creek, which crosses the field 

from· west to east, and its northwest tributa.ries 

have eroded far below the· coal bed, and their 
66 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

valleys ·are now utilized by railroads. The coal 

is abundant as far north as the Pennsylvania 

, Railroad; but farther north it is .restricted to a 

few hills and ridges, in only one of which it is of 

sufficient area to be. valuable .. The structure 

· and compo~ition of the bed is similar to that in 

Belmont County. · 

Section of Pittsburgh coal bed in Wheeling & Lake Erie ·coal 

ll1ining Co.'s mine No. 2, Dillonvale, Ohio. 

[See fig. 3G, A.] 

Coal, roof. Ft. in. 

Coal .................. · .................... ·.·. 2! 

Shale ...................... · ... ·............... 1! 

Coal ........................................ l 6 

Shale. 7 ~ ••••••••••••••• , • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • i 

Coal ..................... · ................... · ·l! 

"Draw slate" ............................... l . 0 

'Coal, breast. : . ....... ~ ........................... 2 6! 

Shale .................................... : . ~ . i 

Coal, bearing-in: 

Coal ....................................... . 

Parting ............................. · ...... · .. . 

Coal ........................................ . 

li 

i 

21 

Shale ............... .' ................. · ...... . t 

Coal, brick and bottom ........................... 2. 8 

Clay, reported thickness ........... : ............. . 7 

9 3! 

The~ proximate analysis of a sa:QJ.ple from 

- this mine shows moisture 3.i, volatile matter 

37.9, fixed carbon 49.5, and ash 9.5 per cent; 

ari ultim~te analysis shows carbon 69.56, hydrogen 5.22, oxygen 10.77, nitrogen 1.10, sulphur 3:83, and ash 9.52 ·per cent. The heat 

value is 12,880 B~ t. u. · 

The mine. from which this sample was taken 

is located in the valley of Short Creek, the 1nost 

in1portant mining district in the county, and 

the section given is representative of the coal 

in that territory. The ·Ames li1nestone, of 

stratigraphi<? value, lies in the bottom of the 

valley at Adena, where it is 175 feet below the · 

Pittsburgh coal. 

Section -of Pittsburgh coal bed in United States &oal Co.'s 

mine, in extreme northWf!St corner of Smithfield Tmcnship, 

. Jeffer_son County, Ohio.- · 

[See f:g. 30, B.l . Ft. in. 

"Drawslate"..................................... 9 

Coal, preast ...................... · ............. ·. . . l J.i 

Parting ....................... : ........ · ..... , . . . . l . 

Coal, bearing-in ................... :............... 1 

Parting........................................... t 

Coal, brick and bottom ............. _ ..... : ....... ;. 2 2 

A proximate analysis of. a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 4.3·, volatile matter .35.3, 

fixed carbon 52.5," and ash 7.9 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis shows carbon 71.34, hydrogen 

5.18, oxygen ll.39, nitrog~n 1.20, sulphur 3.01, 

and ash 7.88 per cent: The heat ·value is 

12,860 B. t. u. 

This mine is near the.northern limit of ·the 

Pittsburgh coal bed in Jefferson County a~d 

A . 

· F"t.in. B Ft.in. 

FIGURE 36.-Sectionsof Pittsburgh (No.8) coal bed in Jefferson County, 

Ohio. A, Mount Pleasant Township; B, "Smithfield Township. 

shows fair· thickness and good quality. Although no lenses of pyrite are indicated in the 

section, they are common in the mine. 

SeCtion of Pittsburgh coal be¢ in Dewland Cox & Sons' 

mine, J3rilliant, Ohio. 

Coal, breast: Ft. in. 

CoaL .................... _. ............... l 

Parting ............. · ................... . 

Coal ...... · .............................. l 

Parting ............................ · ......... . 

Coal, bearing-in .......... · ...... _ ............. . 

·Parting_ ......... · ... ~ ............. _ ... _ . _ ... . 

Coal, brick and bottom .. _ .................... . 

Clay. 

. A proxin1ate analysis of a sample fron1 this 

mine shows n1oisture 4.9/ volatile matter 33.1, 

·fixed carbon 51.5, and ash 10.5 per cent; ·an 

· ulthnate analysis shows carbon 68.01, hydrogen 

5.03, oxygen 11.29, nitrogen 1.12, sulphur 4.09, 

and ash 10.46 per cent. The heat value is 

12,520 B. _t. u. . 

The coal bed, as determined by C. N. Brown 

with a Y level, is 343 feet above the Wheeling 

& Lake Erie Railway tracks at Brilliant and 

1 Sample was slightly wet. Moisture may pos<:ibly be 1 per cent · 

5 i high on thi'l account. 
U. S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PROFESSIONAL PAPER 100 PLATE VIII 

A. STRIPPING PITTSBURGH COAL IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, OHIO, WITH A STEAM 

SHOVEL. 

B . SAME STRIP PIT AS SHOWN IN A AFTER OVERBURDEN HAS BEEN REMOVED. 

. . 
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·-, 

1·' 

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THE. COAL' FIELDS OF OHIO. .67. 

238 feet above the Ames limestone. At Brilliant ~his li1nestone is 5 feet thick and was formerly burned for lime. It is well shown at 

1nany places along the Ohio Valley in the southern part of tb.is county and at Portland lies 197 ~ 

feet below the Pittsburgh coal and 75 feet above 

the railroad tracks. _ 

The Pittsburgh coal is n1ined by stripping 

with a steam shovel on the ridge about 2 miles 

west of. Rush Rlln. (See Pl. VIII, A, B.) On 

the average about 25 feet of shale overburden is 

re.moved. The coal, 5 feet thick, is then shot 

and loaded on ·cars with a .smaller s.team shovel. 

This bed is stripped at Witch Hazel also, and 

preparations are under way. for· work of tllis 

kind at two other places in·the county. 

Harrison Oounty.~The Pittsburgh coal.bed 

underlies the hills and ridges in the eas.tern half 

of I-Iarrison County, but its larger areas are restricted to the southeastern townships-:-Short 

Creek, Green, Cadiz, and Athens. Everywhere 

it is high in the ~Us; evenin the southeas·t corner of the county, where it is lowest, it is approXimately 175 feet above the valley. Shipping mines are few· and are restricted to two 

townships. Everywhere the coal bed has the 

structure characteristic of the Pittsburgh bed 

in the type locality, and it is everywhere. of 

workable thickness. 

Section of .Pittsburgh coal bed in m:ine on S. P. Dunlap 

fann, northwest corner of Short Greek Township, Harr'ison County, Ohio. 

[See fig. 37, B.] Ft. 

Coal, roof, reported ........ · ................... · ... 2 

heat value of 12,890 B. t. u. Athens Town-· 

ship, which lies west of Short Creek Township, 

forms the divide between east-flowing and .. 

we~t-flowing streams, and hence has a large 

area of .coal. 

Section of Pittsburgh coal bed in 1ni;M on John Edwards 

fann, NE. t sec. 1, Athens Township, Harrison County, 

Ohio. 

Ft. in.· 

Coa~, ro9f ......................... : , ........ . 10 

Clay, "Draw slate" ..... : ................... . 

Coal, breast ................................. 2 

10 

0 

Coal, bearing-in (coal and shale) ............. . 2 

Coal, brick ............................... .. 1. 3 

Shale ..................... .':.' .............. . t . Coal, bottom ..... : .......... -................ 1 1 

Clay. 

_6 lt 

A proximate analysis of a sample from this 

mine shows moist~re 6, volatile matter 34.3, 

A Ft.ln •. 

FIGURE 37.-Sections of Pittsburgh (No.8) coal bod in Ohio, A, Warren Township, Jefferson County; B, Short Creek q'ownship, Harrison County. 

''Draw slate,'' reported thickness ................. 1 

Coal, breast ..................................... 2 

in. 

0 

2 

1 fixed carbon 53.7,. and ash 6 per cent; an ultiParting ....................... ·.· ............... . 

Coal, bearing-in ............................... . 

Parting ........................................ . 

· Coal, brick and bottom .... : ............ _. ......... 1 

~ Plate analysis gives carbon 72.22, hydrogen 

2t 5.44~ oxygen 13.71, nitrogen 1.31, sulphur 1.35, 

t and as_ h 5.97 per cent. The heat value is 12,960 lOt B. t. u. 

7 51 Although this ·section shows only 4 feet 3! 

A proximate analysis of a sample fro1n this inches of coal, excluding the roof, the quality 

mine shows moisture 6.5, volatile mn,tter 35.5, is good and the township will become in the 

fixed carbon 5l.3, and ash 6.7 per cent; an near future a large ·producer. The Meigs 

ultimate analysis gives carbon 70.49, hydrogen Creek coal bed, in good thickness and quality, 

5.70, oxygen 13.66, nitrogen 1.22, sulphur is also present where due.· 

2 . .19, and ash 6.74 per cent. The heat value Cadiz Township lies north of Athens and has 

is 12,710 B. t. u. . the Pitts}:mrgh coal bed only in the hills and 

A 1nine in the northeast part" of Short Creek I ridges. The coal is worked on several farms, 

Township shows 4 feet 6 inches of .coal with a I but nowhere for railroad shipment. · 
68 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Section· of Pittsburgh coal bed in Glover Coal Co.'s 1nine~ 

Cadiz, Ohio. 

In Noble County the area of Pittsburgh coal 

of workable thickness is . very small and is 

limited to the northeast quarter of Beaver 

~· Township, where 'in a few places it is mined 

by farmers. 

Shale. 

Coal, breast: Fi. 

· Coal .....••........ · .... · ...... __ .. _ .... __ . 

Pyrite; ofteri. wanting.................... ~ 

· Muskingum Oounty.-The Pittsburgh coal 

is found in the high hills in the southeast part 2 

Coal ................... : ....... _·_ ........ 1 6 

Shale, very thin. 

Coal, bearing-in ........................ _·_ .... . ·of Muskingum ·County,' where in places it Shale, very thin. 

Coal, brick ... ·- ... .' ............................ . 

Shale ....................................... . 

1 3 attains a thickness of 30 inches and is divided 

t into two parts by a few inches of clay or shale. 

Coal, bottom ........................... -------- 1 1 It·. can never be a spurce of fuel except for 

4 7~ 

A proximate analysis of a smnple from this 

. mi1;1e shows moisture 3.8, volatile ·n1atter 36.7, 

fi-xed carbon 48.6,_ and ash 10.9 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis gives carbon 67.70, hydrogen 

5.09, oxygen 10.68, nitrogen 1.27, sulphur 4.38, 

·and ash 10.88 per cent. The heat value is 

12,360 B. t. u. 

The coal bed in Green and German townships has the chari1cteiistic Pittsburgh structure and is about 4 feet thick. · The outlying 

hills and ridges contain a supply of coal that is 

valuable for farmers, as railroads are in places 

miles distant. 

Guernsey an(l Noble counties.~The' area of 

Pittsburgh coal in Guernsey and Noble counties is small and is practically restricted to the 

two ridges north and south of Leatherwood 

Creek. In the ridge. just north of Quaker 

City C. N. Brown found the coal bed 19b feet 

abov-e the Ames limestone and, measured the 

following section: 

Section of P.ittsfmrgh coal bed north of Quaker C1:ty, Oh-io. 

local purp.oses. 

Monroe Oounty.-The Pittsburgh coal outcrops in the northwest part of :Monroe County 

but appears to be too thin to Inine West ·of 

sec. 24, Malaga Township. · 

The coal· is known to be presml.t in. the 

southern part of Belmont County and in West 

Virginia, as far south at least as' Proctor, 

where the bed is nearly 6 feet thick. This 

indicates that the coal is probably present in 

the northeastern part of Mo:q.roe Coup.ty, and 

in fact it has been reported by ·many oil 

drillers~ and what is more ·important, by 

diamond-drill tests. 

Thieknesses of coal penetrated b:i; diamond drill 1:n northeastern Monroe County, Qh.,;o. 

Ft. in. 

Sunsbury Township, sec. 35 ...................... 5 

Switzerland Township, sec. 28 ........ · ............ 5 

Salem Township, sec: 32 ..................... : . .. 5 

0 

3 

8 

The Pitt<sburgh coal is probably present in 

workable thickness north of a line drawn from 

sec. 24, ·Malaga Township, through Woodsfield to Proctor on Ohio River, but coal lands 

in this area should never be purchased with- Ft.. 

Coal, shaly, rejeCted in mining ............. . in. out careful exploration with the drill. 

3! 

Coal, breast ................................ . 10 AREA BETWEEN BELMONT AND FEDERAl, CREEK FIELDS. 

Shale and pyrite ................ -............ . 

Coal, brick ................................. 1 

. Clay.· ....................... ~ ........... · ... . 

! 

8 The Pittsburgh coal bed between the Bel-

! mont. and Federal Creek fields is generally less 

Coal, bottom."······ .......... · .............. 1 

Clay. 

4 3 

4 than a foot thick ari.d in places is represented 

by a black streak only. As already stated, 

the Belmont field extends into the northeast 

corner of Noble County, bu~ elsewhere in this 

county .the coal· bed is thin ·and probably 

.worthless. In Meigsville Township, Morgan 

County, it attains a maximum thickness of 2 

feet 6 inches and 18 inches in Bristol and 

Bloom townships; south~est of Muskingum. 

River jt is thinner and is usually represented by 

nothing more than a black streak, until the 

It will be noted that the bed has the characteristic section of the Pittsburgh bed~ 

except . that the "bearing-in" coal is represented. by a thin layer of shale. and pyrite. 

The "breast" coal, however, is abnormally thin 

as c01npared with the type section bu~ has 

about the thickness that pr~vails along ,tlie 

extreme western border of the field. 

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THE COAL FIJ•:LDS OF OHIO. 69 

Federal Creek field is reached. In northern A proximate analysis of a sample from this 

Washington County the Pittsburgh coal ranges mine shows nwistl?-re 6.9, volatile matter 40.5, 

usually from 2 to 2 ~ feet in thickness in an · fL"'Ced carbon 44.4, and ash 8.2 per cent; an ultiarea lying mainly in Salem Township (where mate analysis shows carbon 67 .39, hydrogen 

it is at its best) and in Liberty and Ludlow 

townships. It is known lo_cally as the Salen1 

or Litnestone coal. It 4a.'5 been mined to a 

very small extent by farme:rS, but. can never 

be an in1portant source of fuel. 

J<mn::n.At CREEK 1<'IELD. 

The Federal Creek field lies in I-Iomer and 

}.1arion townships, in the southwest corner of 

Morgan County, and in Ames, ~erne, and 

Rome townships,· in the northeast part of 

Athens County. Under cover the co-al bed 

extends for an undetermined distance over 

tho line into Washington County. The length 

of the field above d;rainage is approximately 

15 miles in a northwest-southeast direction, 

and its ~verag,e width less than 3 .. miles. The 

field is drained by Federal Creek, and the 

topography is rough. Eastward and west-

. ward the co.al bed thins abruptly and becom~s 

worthless. 

'fhe section of the bed is markedly different from that in the Belmont field. It 

consiats usun.lly of two prominent benches 

soparo.ted by a thick layer of. cla.y. Each 

bench usually contains one or more shale partings, and the top bench commonly has from a 

fow inches to a foot or even more of bony coal. 

These-characters are well shown in the sections 

below. 

Sectio·n of Pittsburgh coal bed in Wayrner ?nine near Joy, 

Ohio. 

[Sco fig. 38, A.] 

Coal, upper bench: 

Coal .............. _ ....................... . 

Coal, bony ..................... : ......... . 

Clay ...................................... · .. :. 

IJoal, lower bench: 

Coal .................. 1 ••••••••••••••• ~ •••• 

~::~~r:~ ~.-. · ..... · ~ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 

Parting ................................... . 

Coal ..................................... · .. 

Parting ....... : ........................... . 

Coal ..................................... . 

Parting ................................... . 

CoaJ ..................................... . 

Ft. 

1 

2 

6 

in. 

G 

8 

11 

2 

l 

7! 

~ 

3 

i 

1! 

i 

0 

4} 

A. B 

FiGURE 38.-Sections of Pittsburgh (No. 8) coal bed in Ohio. A, 

Hol!ler Township, Morgan County; B, Berne 'rownship, Athens 

County. · 

5.32, oxygen 13.98, nitrogen 0.90, sulpb:ur 4.22, 

~nd ash 8.19 per cent. The heat value IS 

12,100 B. t. u .. 

Section of Pittsburgh coal bed in Black Diarnond Coal & 

Cok~ Co.'s rnine, Lathro_p, Ohio. 

[See fig. 38, B.] 

Shale. 

Coal, upper bench: ·Ft. in. 

Coal ............................. ' ....... 2 7 

· Coal, bony .................... : . . . . . . . . . 1 1 

Clay. : ..... ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0 

Coal, lower bench: · 

Coal......................................... 10 

Parting .... ' ..................... :. . . . . . . . . . . . ~ 

Coal........................................ 4 

Parting .......... .' ... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . t 

Coal ......................... ,.............. 9 

Parting .................... · .................. · t 

Coal.~ ...................................... 8 

Parting ....................... : .... · ......... : t 

Coal ..... : .................................. · 10 

Clay. 

8 .21 

A proximate analysis of a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 5.8, volatile matter 37.4, 

fixed ca.rbon 48.8, and ash 8 per cent; an ultimate analysis gives· carbon·· 67.55, hydrogen 

5.14, oxygen 14.17, nitrogen 0.95, sulphur 4.19, 

and ash 8 per cent.· The heu.t value is 12,300 

B. t. u. , 
70 TH.E C'OAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Section of Pittsburgh coal bed 'in Federal Coal Co.'s mine, Sandsto.ne boulders in the coal are common. 

· Broadwell, Ohio. The most that can be said for this field is that 

Coal, upper bench: Ft. in. it m·ay meet a local demand from farmers. 

CoaL··.·······:·······················:·· .l 3 From this are·a south to Ohio River the Pitts- !! burgh coal bed is generally absent. Coal, bony ................... · ............ . 

Coal ..................... , ................ . 

Clay ......................................... . l 0 SWAN CREEK FIELD. 

Coal, lo\Ver bench: · . 

Coal .................................... · .. G The Swan Creek field of the Pittsburgh coal 

Parting~ ............. -. .................. , .. 

Coal ..................................... . 

Parting: .................................. . 

t lies south of Gallipolis in the eastern part of 

2 Gallia County and includes parts of Clay, Ohio, 

t Guyan, Harrison, and Green townships. The Coal ................................... · .. . 2 5 

Clay. 

.5 lli 

A proximate analysis of a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 6.6~ volatile matter 35.1, 

fi..xed carbon 48.1, an<i' ash 10.2 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis gives carbon 66.61, hydrogen 

5.13, oxygen 13.-72, nitrogen 0.93, sulphur 3.41, 

and ash 10.20 per cent. The heat value is 

11,890 B. t. u. 

For comparison with the Pittsburgh coal in 

other fields, . the following percentages, which 

· are the averages of three analyses of samples 

from different parts of the field, are given: -Ash 

8.8, s:Ulphur 3.94, moisture 6.4 per cent, and 

heat value 1'2,100 B. t. u.; moisture in air-dried 

samples about 3 per cent. 

The Pittsburgh coal in this field is less regular in thickness than it is in the Belmont field, 

north part of the field is drained by Raccoon· 

Creek and its tributaries· and .. the south part 

by Swan ·creek, from which the field is named. 

The surface is very rough, and the_ area has n~ 

shipping facilities except Ohio River, which 

has been utilized to a small extent. The 

section of the bed varies. In Ohio, Clay, 

and Guyan townships the coal bed usually 

consists of two benches separated by a bed of 

Shale 

Coal 

Shale 

Coal 

A Ft.in. 

4)2 

I 0 

. B 

Shal~ IFt.in. 

Coal . 71 Parting ---~18 

Coal II 

Parting --·- ~ 

. Coal I I 

Clay ~ 

FIGURE 39.-Sections of Pittsburgh (No.8) coal bed in Gallia County, 

and in places the lower bench alone is present. Ohio.· A, Ohio Township; B, Green Townshir:>. 

Both benches, especially the upper, contain · shale, which ranges from 8 .to 24 inches in boulders of sandstone or sandstone with pyrite · · which range from pebbles to masses weighin~- thickness. The upper bench. is thinner· and ..., less constant. than it is farther north. This 

a ton or even more. Their shape is roughly section is strikingly similar to that in the 

spherical, oval, or flat. · The coal has been Federal Creek field. In Harrison and Green 

coked at two places. At Utley 125 ovens were t hi th b d · owns ps e e IS more complex and the built, but all of these were not in operation at· hal t" th" 

one time and are now in :ruins. At Lathrop s e parIng Inner. 

there were 50 OVf1ns, but these have not been Section of the Pittsburgh coal bed in the Swan Creek Coal 

active for many years. The coke is said to Co.'s mine near Bladen, Ohio. 

have. had a ready market, but the industry · -' . [Sec fig. ;59,- A.] 

failed for htek of transportation facilities. Dur- Shale. Ft. in. 

ing the past few years five shipping mines _have Coal, upper bench.········ ... · ............ : · 4; 

been in operation. . . Clay·····································~·· l o 

The Pittsburgh coal attains·workable thick- Clay~oal, lower bench .... ························ 2 9 ' 

ness in Alexander and Lodi townships in the 4 l! 

southern part of Athens County and in the A proximate analysis of a sample from this 

adjacent townships, Scipio and Bedford, iri mine shows moisture 5.8, volatile matter 36. 7, 

Meigs County. In some places the lower bench fixed carbon 47.4, and ash 10.1 per cent; 

alone is 'found, but elsewhere both benches ·are an ultimate analysis gives carbon 64.94, hydropresent. In places the coal reaches 4 feet in gen 5.16, oxygen 14.40,· nitrogen 1.10, sulphur 

thickness, but much more commonly its maxi- 4.34, and ash 10.06 per cent. The heat value 

nium is 3 feet, and it thickens and thins sharply. is 11,790 B. t. u. 

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THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 71 

Section of the .Pittsburgh coal bed in the Kerns mine in sec. 

27, Harrison Township, Gallia County, Ohio. 

its coal supply in this way. The principal 

mines, in addition to the one on the bank of 

in. Ohio River,. are in the valley of Swan Creek and 

on Raccoon Creek and jts principal tributarie~, 

Teens Run and ·Big Bullski:IJ. Creek. 

Coal, upper bench: Ft. 

Con.l ....•............................... 2 

Con.l, impure .......................... . 

Coal ................................... . 

5 

1 

6 

Parting ................................ . lf 

·con.l .................................. . 

·Parting: 

Pyrite .......... · ........................ . 

Con.l •.................................. 

Pyrite ......................... · ........ . 

Coal, lower bench: 

Coal .................................. . 

Parting .............................. : .. 

11! 

A . B Ft. in. Ft. in. 

Shale sandstone 

Coal 6 Coal, impure 7Yz. · Coal,impure 7 Coa(horn" 5)2 Coal ___ 3~ Shal Coal I 4 . Coal I 0 Partin ---1 ~oal --=--: 13 . Coa(horn" zYz sale I ;rs coal 

Coal, splint 2 3,Yz -- 2~ Coal 

Coal •........................... : ..... . 

Cln.y. 5 lOi 

2 4- Clay. 

A proxin1ate analysis of a. sample from this 

mine shOWS moisture 7, volatile matter 36.1, _FIGURE41.-Sections of Pomeroy(No.Sa)coal bed in Meigs Cmmty, Ohio. A, Ru~Iand Township; B, Sutton Township. fixed carbon 47.9, and ash 9 per ce~t; an ultiA Ft. in. B Ft. ln. 

Shale 5 

Coal I 0 9 

Shale I(J 10 

3 

Coal 

l 3 

2 8 ---·2 4~ --3 

I I, ---4 -::tYe 

1 s% 

FIGURE 40.-Se<:tions of Pittsburgh (No.8) coal bed in Gallia County, Ohio. A, Guyan 'l'ownship; B, Harrison Township. 

1nate analysis gives carbo·n 64.91, hydrogen 

5.24, oxygen 14.60, nit1:ogen 1.01, sulphur 5.21, 

and ash 9.03 per cent. The heat value is 

1.1,860 B. t. u. Another section measured in 

I-Iarr~son Township is shown in figure 40, B; a 

section in Green I'ownship in figure 39, B; and 

one in Guyan Township in figure 40, A. · 

An average of four analyses of san1ples frmn 

this field gives the following composition: Ash 

1.0.5, sulphur 4.45, Inoisture 6.8 per cent, and 

heat value 11,720 B. t. u.; moisture in air-dried 

san1ple is about 3 per cent. 

The best-known and largest producing n1ine 

in this field is that of the Swan Creek Coal Co. 

near Bladen on the bank of Ohio River. It 

ships the coal on barges and. is the only mine 

in the field to d<? so. The field is without railroad connections, an~ this makes large developinent impossible. For n1any years coal has 

been hauled in wagons frmn the upper end of 

the· field to Gallipolis, which obtains n1uch of 

POMEROY (NO. Sa) COAL BED. 

The Pomeroy (No. Sa) coal w·as long regarded as tb.e Pittsburgh bed. Its true position was not demonstrated until 1908, when 

work, primarily by Condit, showed it to lie at 

the horizon of the Redstone bed· of Pennsylvania arid West Virginia. 

The coal bed con1monly lies 20 to 55 feet 

above tlie· Pittsburgh, from which it is separated by a bed of limestone that is more persistent than the Pittsburgh coal itself. 

A Ft.in. B 

. Coal 1Ft.~. Shale s= 10 

Coal I 8 

Clay =~--:. 

Shale 

Coal, impure G,Yz 

Coal, bony 5)2 

Clay 

FIGURE 42.-Scctions of Pomeroy (No. Sa) coall1ed in Gallia anti Meigs counties, Ohio. A, Salisbury Township, Gallia County; B, Bedford 

Township, Meigs County. 

The Pmneroy bed is found in the hills opposite 

Wheeling, W. Va., and can be followed southwest to Lawrence County, but it has little or 

no value outside of Meigs County. · (See Pl. 

IX.) Its best development is in Salisbury 

Township (see :fig. 42, A) and three or four 

other townships which border on Ohio River 

and forni the Pomeroy field. · The field· is thus 

small but may be extended markedly on the 

east, where the. coal is below drainage. In the 

northern part of Salisbury Township and in 
72 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Bedford Township. the bed is less than 2 feet heat .value 11,950 B. t. u.; the moisture .in the 

thick, as shown in figure 42, B, but.it expands 

in a short .. distance to the south and has long 

been mined on·a large sc~le at Pomeroy. It was 

early used in the salt furnaces and was later 

shipped by river and still later by rail. 

Although the Pomeroy. coal is of workable 

thickness in Meigs, Gallia, and Lawrence comities, it is thickest in ,Meigs, in which _all the 

railroad mines, with one· exception, are situated. The thickness of the bed and the quality 

of the coal are shown in figure 41, B, and also 

in the following section: 

Section of Pomeroy. coal bed in Logan mine at Pomeroy, Ohio. 

FL. in. 

Coal, bony.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 3 

Coal .. .- ............. · ........................ l 8 

Parting, very thin. 

Coal ........................... :............ 3 

Parting, very thin. 

Coal ......................................... 2 3 

Clay. 

5 5 

· ·A proximate analysis of a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 7.2, volatile matter 32.8, 

fixed carbon 50.7, and ash 9.3 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis gives carbon 66.4 7, .hydrogen 

5.39, oxygen 16.43, nitrogen 1.10, sulphur 1.32, 

and ash 9.29 per cent. The heat .value is 

12,000 B. t. u. 

Section of Pomeroy coal bed in Jf_aynard Bros.' mine, near 

Rutland, Ohio. 

air-dried sample is abqut 4 per cent. 

The coal dips below drainage on Ohio River 

a short distance above Pomeroy. At Syracuse 

it is 80 feet below .the flood plain, and eastward its presence in workable thickness has 

been demonstrated only by the drill. 

Southwest from the Pomeroy field, the coal 

bed t;hins and rises in the hills and has been 

extensively eroded as far as Raccoon Creek in 

Gallia County. Throughout this area the coal is· 

commonly 2 to 4· fee~ thick, as shown in figure 

43, A, and has been mined in a .small way on 

many farms. South of R.accoon Creek the 

Pomeroy oo~l has been less eroded and underA Ft. in. B Ft. in. 

Sandstone 

Coal 5 0 

Shale 

FIGURE 43.-Sections of Pon:eroy (No. 8a) coal bed in Ohio. A, 

Cheshire Township, Gallia County; B, Mason Township, Lawrence 

County. 

'· 

lies a large· part of the extreme southern arl3a of 

Gallia County and the adjacent pa·rt of Lawrence County. Its western limit is on Greasy 

Ridge in the eastern part of Lawrence County, 

where it attains a thickness· of 5 feet, as shown 

[Sec fig. 41• A.J in fi2:ure 43, B, and is an important source of fuel Shale. Ft. in. """ 

Coal, top ........................ :.............. 6 among the farmers. East of Greasy Ridge the 

Coal, impure................................ 7 coal attains in places a thickness of 2 feet to 3 

CoaL ...... : ............................ •... 3 feet 6 inches, but throughout most of the terriParting .... ··························:······· t tory it .is thnmer and at ·present is of no· value. 

Coal ........................ • ................ 1 0 

1 Manifestly the fome;roy coal in its southwest 

1 extension can never be more than a source of Parting ................... · ............... , .. . 

Coal ..................................... : .. 

Parting ................... ,.................. .y. fuel for the residents of that region. 

Coal ........................................ l 3 

Coal, splint .............. .'.................. . . 2-f 

Oo::).l ........ ~ ............................... 2 4 

Clay. 

6 4l 

A proxin1ate analysis of a s~mple from this 

mine shows moisture 7.6, volatile n1atter 33.4, 

fixed carbon 48.1, and ash 10.'9 per cent,. and an 

ultin1ate analysis gives carbon 65.29·, hydrogen 

5.20, oxygen•15.72, nitrogen 1.03, sulphur 1.83, 

and ash 10.93 per cent. Its heat value is 11,720 

B. t. u. The average· of five analyses gi~es 

ash 1 0.4, sulphur 2.46, moisture 6.5 per cent;·. 

MEIGS CREEK (NO. 9) COAL BED. 

General jeatures.-The Meigs Creek (No. 9) 

coal, the highest of the important beds in. the 

geologic column of Ohio, was named by C. N. 

Brown from a stream in Morgan County that 

drains an area in which this coal bed is well 

developed. It lles 80 to 100 feet above the 

Pittsburgh coal and is therefore easily identified. The Sewickley bed of Pennsylvania 

and West Virginia is its equivalent. 

Although the .Meigs coal bed is due all the 

way from Jefferson County southwest to Gallia 

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or two stations along the_narrow-gage road in 

Noble County, fro:qt which the coal is shipped 

in this way. 

County it is of workable thickness in Behnol!t, 

llarrison;Monroe, Washington, Noble, and Morgn.n counties only, and; even in these counties 

it is in places wanting. It has no characterSection of Meigs Creek coal bed in Flushing Coal Co.'s mine, is tic structure such as that possessed. by the Flushing, Ohio. 

[Sco fig. 44, A.] 

Ft. in. 

Pittsburgh and Middle Kittanni:t;J-g beds. In 

places it consists of a solid block of coal, _but 

more con1n1only it contains o'1e· or more clay,' Clay················· 00 • 

00 

• ·: • 

00 

.. 

00 00 

........ • .. 1 4 

shale, or· pyrite partings: Both floor and roof Clay~oal. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3 .lO 

are irreg"i.lln.r, rising or falling, .and thus modify-. 

ing its thickness. Especially is ~his true of 

5 2 

the roof, which. in pln.ces cuts out the coal . A proximate· ·analysis of a sample fron1 this 

·entirely. , · l mir~e· shows moisture 5, volatil~ 1natter 33.3, 

· Belmont Oounty._:_Belmont County, which fixed carbon 48.9, and ash 12.8 per cent; an 

contains a larger area of this coal bed than any ultimate analysis shows earbon 66.31, hydrogen 

other county in Ohio, is. underlain ,.with the 4.95, oxygen 12.32, nitrogen 1.19, sulphur 2.41, 

bed, except in the northwest corner, where. the and ash 12.82 percent. Its heaivalue is 11,970 

· hills are not high enough; in the southwest part, B. t. u. 

where the coal has been swept away in the val~ The be~ is known tocally as the "Four-foot" 

leys; in the northeast corn.er, where the eoal, coal, butitdoes not average that much. No.dthough due, is absent; and along Wheeling, ules of pyrite are commoll.. and have to be 

McMahon, and Cap tina creeks, which -have cut 

their valleys below the horizon of this bed. 

The following section, measured by J. E. Hyde, 

. near Bellaire, shows the Meigs Creek· coal bed 

and its position with reference to other beds 

below: 

.Sfx:tion of Meigs Creek coal bed and underlying rock;;, near 

Bellm:re, Oh?:o. 

Ft. in. 

Shale, gray .................. :................... 12 · 0 

· Coal 

Coal 

B Ft.ln. 

I 0 

·7~. 

----~~ II~ --~~ 

2 I~ 

Limestone and shale ................... -~....... 5 G Clay 

Shale, gray······ : · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 3 3 FIGURE 44.-Scctions of Meir,rs Creek (No 9) coal bed in Belmont. 

Coal, l\{eigs Creek ............ ····.·.··:······ 5 0 Count.y, Ohio. A, Flushing; B, Warren Township. 

Shale and clay................ . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . l 3 

Limestone and shale............................ 7 6 .thl·own out by the miners. ¥any farmers in 

.Sandstone ..... : .. ···· ... :··········-·············· 16 6 the township have opened mines on their land 

CoaL ...... 00 .. • 

00 

............ • • .... • ·.... 

4 for a local supply. · In Whe~ling Township, Clay......................................... 5 

Coal ................. ·..................... 1 3 which lies east of Flushing,. the co·al bed is simiLimestone and shale.: ............ .'............. 9 0 lar in thickness and is found where due, but in 

Sandstone and shale............................ 7 0 Colerain Township the bed thins and is of little 

Limestone (cement rock).····················~·· ·6 6 or no value. Pease Township, forming the 

Shale. and limestone.··············:············· 11 3 northeast corner of the county, l.s without the 

Liniestone ..... · .......... · ................. ~ .. · · 4 0 M .. ei2:s Creek coal bed, though this bed should be Shale, gray....................... . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . 3 D ...... 

Coal, Pomeroy or Redstone.................. 1 0 present everywhere in the hills. An interesting 

Shale, gray ....... · .................... :........ 91 point is that as the Meigs Creek-coal thins the 

Limestone and calcareous shale.················ 10 0 hiO'her beds thicken and become of value as a ·u· . I<> "I b nsepe_n .. b .... ·

1

· · · · ·

1

-- .......... · .... · .... · ...... ' ~ u source of fuel for the farmers. · ·1tts mg 1 coa . ---· · . . · 118 9 . In an east-west belt, which Includes the townships across the middle of the cou'uty, the coal 

The coal has been mined for railroad ship- b~d is usually of workable thickness where it 

111ent for nearly 35 years ~t Flushing, in north- outcrops, but throughout l~rge areas it lies 

,ern Behnont County, the only place, except one, ·below rlrnitiage. 
74 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Section of Meigs Creek coal bed in Malden mine, Barnesville, 

Ohio. 

[See fig. 44, B.l 

Ft. in. 

Shale and coal, "roof coal" .................... · ... 1 0 

Shale and clay ....................... ~-. . . . . .. . . . . . 1 10 

Coal ............ · ...................... ."........ 7! 

Pyrite ....... · .... :.............................. t 

CoaL ................................. ~........ nt 

Shale ...... : .................... ·................ t 

Coal. ... : ...................................... 2 It 

6 7 

coal, except where the bed is cut put alo:qg 

McMahon and Wheeling creeks and their tributaries. . The coal ·has been mined in a small 

way by several farmers. It shows well in the 

railroad .cut at Glenc~e, where it is about 85 

feet above the Pittsburgh coal and measures 

approximately 4 feet in -thickness. Another 

section is shown in :figure 46, A. Smith Township, which lies south of Richland, is underhtin 

by :Meigs Creek coal except i_n a very small area 

in the extreme northeastern corner. · . ' 

A proximate analysis of a -sample from this Sec_tion of Meigs Creek coal bed in Armstrong's m'ine, near · · - Glencoe,· Ohio. · . mine· shows moisture 4._5, volatile matter 35.3, 

A Ft.ln. . B Ft.ln. 

Coalimpu~ 4 

Shale .1 3 

Shale - Coal,poor 6 

Coal I I~ Coal I s,Jf 

shale -% Shale --~·78 Coal I Coal 6 2)f Shal --- )1. 

Shale ----~ -~I I 04 

1 

slZ coal and pynte )2 Coal 

FIGURE 45.-Bections of Meigs Creek (No. 9) coal bed in Belmont 

County, Ohio. A, Flushing; B, Barnesville. -· 

fixed carbon 47.1, and ash 13.1 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis shows carbon 65.83·, hydrogen 

4~99, oxygeri11.71~ nitrogen 1.13, sulphur 3.27, 

and _ash 13.07 per cent. Its heat value is 

12,010 B. t. u. 

The bed in this mine ranges from 3 feet 8 

. inches to 4 feet 3 inches- in thickness· and ~ontains thin discontinuous partings of shale or 

pyrite. The coal· has ·long been mined by 

'farmers as the Upper Barnesyille bed. Goshen· Township, east of Warren Township, 

appears to be underlain by the Meigs Creek bed 

except iri two small areas where ·streams have 

removed it. A measurement in- the. Statler 

mine, in the NE. i sec. 36, .shows 4 feet of coal 

whose J?.eat value is 11,840 B. t: u. Union 

Township, north of Goshen, is almost· wholly 

underlain by the Meigs Creek coal bed. In the 

Calber't mine, in theSE. ! sec. 25, the bed is 4 

feet 4 inches thick and has a heat value of 

12,600 B. t. u.· In another mine in this township the section ~?hown in figure 45, A, was 

measured. The coal is hard and bright but 

here and there contains streaks of shale or bony 

coal.. The mine supplies the neighborhood 

farmers and also several mills at Belmont and 

Bethesda. Richiand Township, east of Union, 

appea~ to be underlain by the Meigs Creek 

[See fig. 45, B.] 

Shale. Ft. in . 

. Coal, not mined ............................ . 6 

Coal ~ ....... · ............ · .............. _. . . . . . 1 9! 

Shale ...................................... . i 

Coal .... ' ............................ · ...... . (i 

Shale ...................................... . t 

Coal ........................................ l 0 

Coal and pyrite~ .............. : . .. _ ........ . ! 

· 3 lOi 

A proximate analysis o~ a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 3.5, volatile matter 34.8, 

fixed carbon 49.9, and ash 11.8 per emit; an 

·ultimate analysis shows carbon 67.36, hydrogen 

5.02, oxygen 11.06, nitrogen 1.05, sulphur 3.67, 

Coal, bony 

A Ft.in. B. Ft.in. 

I Shale 

CQal 7Yz .Coal II 

Shale %. 

Coal I 10 

Shale and coal ~ 

Shale -~ 

cOal I .5 Cbal I 5 

sandstone aay 

FIGURE 46.-Sections of Meigs Creek (No.9) coal bed in Ohio. A, Richland Township, Belmont County; B, Athens Township, Harrison 

County. · 

and ash 11.84 per ~ent. The heat value is 

12,390 B. t. u. . 

· The· floor in this mine is ·mieven, and hence 

the thickness of the bed varies considerably. 

Thin, discontinuous partings of shale and 

pyrite are common. Pultney ·Township, which 

lies east of Richland, fronts on Ohio River and 

has ·been deeply trenched by MoMahon Creek 

and its leading tributar~es .. The local bed has 

been opened on several farms and in sec. 5 

is ~eported to be 4 feet thick.. Mead Township, south of Pultney, is underlain _by the 

Meigs Creek ooal bed except along Pipe and. 
• 

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THE· COAL l!""'IELDS Ol!""' OHIO. - 75 

W cgee creeks) where the coal has been removed 

by erosion. 

Section of Meigs C?·eek coal bed in McMillen 1nine, NW. i sec. 32, Mead Townsh·ip, Bclnwnt Co·unty, Ohio. 

Ft. in. 

<~lay ........................... ~---·····'········: 3 0 

east part of H~rrison County-Short Creek, 

Athens, and Cadiz. In Cadiz Township it occurs in so small an area that it may be neglected. Iii Athens Township the acreage is 

large and the coal has been made accessible by 

numerous streams which cut through it. 

Coal, not mined .... ······· · ·: · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · : Section of Meigs Creek coal bed in Josh~w Kirk 1nine, 1 mile 

Coal.······························· · · · · · · · · · 4 'West of New Athens, Ohio. 

I:; hale. 

7 9 

The southern tier of townships appears to 

contai1~ the Meigs Creek coal wherever due, b:ut 

the bed is generally below drauiage. In Somerset· Township the bed ranges from 2 feet 6 

inches to 4 feet_in.thickness and has b_een mined 

to a small extent by farmers. Al01l'g Captina 

Creek in Wayne, Washington, and York townships the . coal is above drainage, except from 

the east ptl.rt.of Wayne to a point near the 

middle of Washington Township. The coal is 

said to have been miJ.1ed il1 a disconnected way 

in the vicinity of Armstrongs Mills for more 

than 60 years and to range il1 thickness from 

2 to 4! feet: About 1! miles south of the Beln1ont Cotu1ty l~ne the coal is said to lie in the 

bed of Ohio River and to have been mined. by 

stripping during low water. 

Fron1 the precedil1g pn.ragraphs it is apparent 

that the Meigs Creek bed contaim~ a large tonnage of coal in Belmont County. Thus far it 

htl.s been worked only in ~ small way, because 

those who were prepa_red to operate on a com-· 

Tnercial scale have much preferred the thicker 

and better Pittsburgh bed, which lies only a 

short distance below. · 

The Meigs Creek bed, ·however; n1ay be regn.rded as a fuel reserve which will be eagerly 

developed when the Pittsburgh becl is a thing 

of the past. The coal is of fair quality. ·Its 

sulphur content rarely equals 4 per cent and in 

one· analy~is made by the Ohio Geol~gical 

Survey it is less than 2 per cent. The ash is 

high, reaching in some smnples as much as ·15 

per cent and in few is as low as 10 per cent. 

The heat value usually ranges between 11,700 

nncl 1.2,600 B. t. u. · The average of seven 

nnnlyses of samples taken il1 different parts of 

the county shows ash 12.2, sulphu1~ 2.99, and 

moisture 4.6 percent; the heat value is 12,140 

B. t. u. and the moisture in· A.ir-dried samples is 

about 3 per cent. · . , 

Ifnrrison County .-The Meigs Creek coal bed I 

is present in only three to\vnships in the south-

. .

[See flg._.4G, B.) 

Shale. Ft. in. 

Coal •........... : ......................... . 

Parting .................................... . 

. Coal ... ~ .................................. . 

·Parting .................................... . 

11 

t 

l 10 

Coal ....................................... 1 

t 

5 

Clay. · 

4 2~ 

A pr<;rxilnate analysis of a sample fron1 this 

mine shows 1noisture 5.3, volatile 1natter 33.1, 

fixed carbon 51.3, ·and ash 10.3 per. cent; an 

ultimate analysis gives carbo!} 68.67, hydrogen 

5.21, oxygen 12.38, nitrogen 1.25, sulphur 2.20, 

and. ash 10.29 per cent. The heat value is 

12,340 B. t. u. 

Section" of jlfeigs Creek coal bed in Culberson 1nine, south of 

New Athens, Ohio. 

Ft. in. 

Shale and impure coal. ............... : ............ 2 0 

Clay ........................................... l 8 

. Coal, bony, rejected in mining................ 2 

Coal, top .................................... 2 11 

Shale ........................... ·............ t 

Coal, bottom ................................ l 4 

Clay .................. ~ ......................... 2 0 

10 1!.· 

An average thickness of 4 feet 6 inches is 

claimed for the coal bed in this mine. -Nodules 

of pyrite are common and are sorted out by the 

1niners. This coal has .been mined on many 

farms for local use. 

The l\1eigs Creek coal bed underlies practi- . 

call}T all of the southern half of Short Creek 

Township and, as the Pittsburgh coal is below 

drainage, is an in1portant soUI·ce of fuel for 

the farn1ers. 

_Section of Meigs Creek coal bed on Lo"dge farm, in sec. 16, 

Short Creek To·wnship, Harrison County, Ohio. 

Ft. in .. 

Shale ............................................ 3 0 

Coal ......... · ........................... · .... 2 9 

Shale, in places absent. 

Coal ...................... , . . . . . . ,. .. . . . . . . . . . 1 . 3 

7 0 
76 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Noble· County.-The Meigs Creek coal is 

found in Noble County in every township except Buffalo. East of Duck Creek, which · 

crosse·s the coal field from north to sou-th, the 

bed has been largely rem.oved by tributaries to 

that stream and the coal underlies orily the 

ridges. West of Duck Creek the coal underlies broader areas. It was formerly. worked 

for shipment on the narrow-gage toad, a few 

miles west of Summerfield, and it has been 

opened at many places by farmers in every 

township where the coal is _present. As the 

county is not well supplied with shipping 

facilities, the local supply of coal is at present 

. ·not valuable. In due time it will doubtless be 

extensively mined for shipment. 

As stated, the Meigs Creek coal east-of Duck 

Creek is limited to the divides between streams. 

In Marion Township the 'hills rise well above 

the coal, but the bed is uncertain and in places 

is not of workable thickness. 

Coal 

Shale 

Coal 

Shale and pyr:-ite 

Coal with three streaks 

of pyrite Coal 

Coa 

A. Ft.in. 

~ 

~ coal 

1 II Shale and pyrite 

B Ft.in. 

I 8 

FIGUR~~ 47.-Sections of Meigs Creek (No.9) coal bed in Noble Com1ty, 

Ohio. A, Marion Township; B, Elk Township. 

Section of 1lfeigs Creek coal. bed in mine on Hague farm, 

SW. i sec; 12, ~Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio. . 

[See fig. 47, A.] 

Ft. in. 

Coal ......................... : ................ . 

Shale .......... · ....... , ......................... . 

Coal ........................................... l 

Shale and pyrite ................................ . 

Coal, with three pyrite streaks............ . . . . . . . . l 

Coal~ ................. .--........................ · 

,Coal, impure, not mined ........................ . 

91 

t 

ll 

! 

.l 

2 

6 

of the bed may average 4 feet 'Yith a ·maximum 9f 5 feet, but it usually includes several 

discontinuous shale or pyrite layers. . One 

test of the . coal . gave 12,510 B. t.- u. Elk 

Township, south of Stock, is an important 

mining center for an area without a railroad. 

The mines are in the northeast corner of the 

township, near the village of Stafford, and the 

coal is hauled long distances by the farmers. 

Section of -~Meigs Creek coal bed in mine on G. W. Love 

farm on Shaler Run in Elk Towr;.ship, Noble County, 

Ohio. · 

[See fig. 47, B.] 

Ft. in. 

CoaL......................................... 1 8 

t 

2 

Shale and ptrite ......... · .... : ................. . 

Coa~ with "smut': bands near top............... 3 

Pyr1te, ............................... : . ....... . 

4 lOf 

A proximate analysis of a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 3.1, volatile matter 38.4, 

fixed carbon 46.2, and ash 12.3 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis shows carbon 66.18, .hydro-

·gen 5.11, oxygen 9.52, nitrogen 0.86, sulphur. 

6.00, and ash 12.33 per cent. The heat ·value 

is 12,360 B. t. u. 

The roof of the coal in this township varies 

much, and ill places numerous "rolls" or 

''horses'' of cl~y with nodules of pyrite partly 

or entirely cut out the coal. Most of these 

breaks are 10 to 12 inches wide and have steep 

or v~rtical walls, as if the material had been 

deposited in canyon-like trenches cut in the 

coal. -

4 

Jefferson Township, ·which lies west of Elk 

consists of high, narrow ridges separated by 

deep valleys. The area .of the coal is not large, 

though adequatefor local needs. Enoch Township, north of Jefferson, has a small area ofcoal 

near the tops of the ridges. A sample from the 

southwest corner of the township has a heat 

5

f value of 12,690 B. t. u. The remaining townA proximat-e analysis of a sampl<: from this ships east of Duck Creek contain at the most 

mine shows moisture 3.1, volatile 1natter 37.4, small areas of this coal bed. 

fixed carbon 46.7, and ash 12.8 per cent; an West .of Duck Creek the Meigs Creek coal 

ultimate analysis gives c.arbon 65.61·, hydrogen bed has suffered less stream erosion and there5.09, oxygen 9.93, nitrogen 0.92, sulphur 5.60, fore is not._confined to ridges and hills. Brookand ash 12.85 pe~ cent. The heat value is field Township, which forms the northwest 

12,130 B. t. u. corner of the county, contains a large area 

Stock Township, south of Marion, has con- of the coal, which h~s long been mined for 

siderable coal, though extensively trenched local use among the farmers in the village of 

by a branch of . Duck Creek. The thickness Cumberland. · 
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THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 77 

Section of :Meigs Creek coal bed in mine on Hunter fann, 

NW. t sec. 4-, Brookfield Township, Noble County, Ohio. 

Coal, bony ................................... . 

Shnlo ......................................... . 

Coal ......................................... . 

Shale and pyrite ............................... . 

Coal ......................................... . 

Shale and coal ................................. . 

Co?.l with two "smut'' bands ................... . 

Pyrite, quite persistent ....................... . 

C'oal, hal'd .... .' ................................ . 

Coal in floor, not mined ...... · ............ · ...... . 

Ft. in. 

5t 

i 

8! 

-~ 

1 3~ 

lt 

lOt 

'i 

4t 

9t 

4 8} 

A proximate analysis of a sa1nple from this 

mine shows moisture 4.8, volatile matter 37.3, 

fixed· carbon 48.1, and ash 9.8 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis gives carbon 66.01, hydrogen 

5.26, oxygen 12.35, nitrogen 0.97, sulphur 5.59, 

and ash 9.82 per cent. The heat value is 

12,300 B. t. u. 

The conJ bed in this mine ranges from 4 feet 

4 inches to 5 feet in thickness, but its upper 5! 

Morgan Oounty.-The Meigs Creek coal bed 

extends west from Noble County into Morgan, 

where it is of workable thickness nearly everywhere east of Muskingum River but is worthless 

and in places absent west of that stream. 

Just east of the river the ooal is limited to 

-ridges and hilltops, but nearer the Noble 

County line it lies low~r and hence has been less 

removed by stream action. The field is drained 

by Meigs Creek, from which stream the coal received its name. 

Manchester Township, forming the northeast 

corner o.f the county, contains a large area of 

the -emu, which has long been mined near 

A Ft.in B Ft.ln. 

Coal, not m~ned 8 

Coal I 2 I 7,4 

Pyrite )8 ---~ Coal ~ =~=r-~ Coal,shale,and pyrite 4~ 

Coal I 0 

Pyrite ~ Coal BYz 

inches COUSiStS Of bony COal and is generally FIGURE 48.-Sections of Meigs Creek (No. 9) coal bed in Morgan COtmty, 

rejected. Also from 4 to 8 inches of good coal , Ohio. A, Manchester 'l'ownship; B, Bristol Township. 

is left in the floor of the mine, owing to the Reinersville and is· hauled thence by farmers 

quantity of water that the bed contains. In many miles. 

Sharon 'l"ownship, which lies south of Brook-

:field, the coal bed generally is 3, to 3! feet in Section of .Meigs Creek coal bed in L. H. Grandstaff mine, in 

thickness in the northern part of the township theSW. i sec. 29, Jlfanchester Township, A!01·gan County, 

Ohio. and 4 to 4~, feet· in the southern part. In 

places the roof is weak and requires careful 

timbering. Thin shale partings, b~lls, and 

lenses of ·pyrite are common. Jackson T-ownship forms the. southwestern corner of the 

county and probably has as large an area of 

this coal bed as any other two townships in the 

county combined. 'fhe coal has been mined 

by farmers at many places, especially in tP,~ 

northwest part of the township; and from 

these mines the fuel is hauled for miles in all 

directions. In many places the bed is divided 

into two benches by a bed of clay, _which may 

have a· thickness of 18 inches. In places in 

sec. 10 the coal bed is 6 .feet thick, but in sec. 

1.9 a bed ·of sandstone reduces it to 4 feet. . 

. The average of six· analyses from samples 

taken in various parts of the county shows ash 

11.6, sulphur 5.58, and moisture 3.3 per cent. 

The heat value is 12,320 B. t. u. 

These results show an increase in sulphur to 

nearly twice that in Belmont County, a decrease 

in n1oisture, and a slight increase in heat·value. 

[See fig. 48, A.] 

Ft. in. 

Clay, reported thickness .......... · .............. 15 

Coal, not mined~ .......................... . 

Coal...................................... 1 

Pyrite .................................... . 

Coal ............. .-........................ 1 

Coal, shale, and pyrite .......... _ ........... . 

Coal....................................... 1 

Pyrite ....... -............. -............ : .. ·: 

·Coal· ............. ·., ....................... · 

0 

8 

A proximate analysis of a sampl~ from this 

mine shows moisture 4.1, volatile matter 37.6, 

nxed carbon 47.6, and ash 10.7 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis shows carbon 66:19, hydrogen 5.10, pxygen 12.11, nitrogen 0.87, sulphur 

5.07, and ash 10.66 per cent. The heat value 

is 12,200 B. t. u. 

· In addition to such impurities as_are shown 

in the section given above numerous paper.:.like 

layers of shale traverse the ·bed. The coal is 

bright and when iridescent is called peacock 
78 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

coal. Bristol Township,- which ·lies ·\vest_ of Meigs Creek coal than any other township in 

Manchester Township, has thousands' of acres the county. The bed usually ranges ·from 2 

of Meigs Creek coal beneath its hills and ridges. feet 6 inches .to 4 .feet 4 inches in thickness and 

One-test shows 4.3 per centsulphur and 12,110' is divided into two benches, separated by 1 to 6 

B. t. u. The thickness of the coal bed, where inches of shale or impure coal. Both floor and 

tested (see fig. 48, B), is 3 feet 9! inches, exclu- roof are irregular, and the thickness of the bed 

· sive of partings .. A measurement made on the changes abruptly. ·windsor Township, north· 

A. E. Smith farm in sec. 25· shows· 5 feet 4 of Muskingum River, appears to be underlain 

inches of coal in three benches, of which ·the by a solid block of coal 3 feet to 3 feet 6 inches 

thickest-(10 inches) was not mined. l\1eigsville thick. An average of three analyses from 

. ·Township lies south of Bristol and contains a samples taken in different townships shows 

large area of the Meigs Creek coal. ash 10.9, sulphur 4. 75, and· moisture 4.8 per 

cent. The heat value is 12,080 B. t. u. 

~~~:-~ CMI,shaly 

Coal,bon •• -·4 Coal .a· Pye!J~ -~~:1)8 Pyrite ····-)::; . Coal 1 1 4 Shale and day 

B\ Ft. in. 

2 4 

2 6 

Coal 4 6 

Washington Oounty.-In. Washington County 

the Meigs Creek coal bed is present, under a 

large area between .Muskingum and Little 

Muskingum rivers and north of Cow Run. It 

is believed to be of workable thickness throughout nearly this area and at three places 

outside of it~in the valley of Cow Run; a 

short distance west of Newport, where the 

Burning Springs ant~cline brings it far above 

drainage; and in the extreme southeast corner 

of -the county. The areas of coal in these 

three places, however, are small and cannever _be of more than local value. :F'IGURE 49.-Sections of M:eigs Cr:eek (No. 9)·coal bed in Ohio. A, 

1\fcigsvilleTownship, M:organCounty; B, Aurelius Township, Wash- The Meigs Creek coal bed has been given 

.ingtonCounty.. several names in Washington County, and 

Section of Meigs Creek coal bed in F. S. ~/Jfurrdy mine, sec. some people are still confused as to its posi20, J,feigsville. Township, Morgan County, Ohio.· tion. Both the coal bed and the Ames lime-

[See fig. 49, A.] stone are well shown along the valley of Duck 

Clay.· Ft. in. Creek, a_ short distance north of the WashCoal, usually about 5 inches 'thick........... l! _ington County line, and the coal can be folSchal1e·,: · · · · ·:; · · · · ·k· · · · · · · ·.d· -~-~- · · · ·- ·- · · · · · 1 2

4 .lowed down this valley_ to the point where it oa ,. smut strea nearm1 c e ........... . 

Coal; bony ................................ ·.. 4 ·passes ·below drainage at the mouth of Cow 

Coal. ............... : ... .' .... :............. 8 Run. The ·position of the coal with reference 

Pyrite ........... ------· ...... -------- .. ---- k t9 the ~es -limestone proves it to be the 

Coal.·--·-------- .... ~.- .. · .. ·· .... ·........ 1 Meigs Creek _bed beyond a reasonable doubt. 

~::~~~---_·_·_-~:~:::::::::::::::::::::::::~:: 1 / The coal bed is thickest and most persistent 

in the townships along the northern border of 

3 6

i the county and is ·there a· valuable bed which 

A proximate analysis of a sample from this· will, some day, be the basis of important 

mine shows moisture 5.1, volatile. matter 36.1; mining operations, though at present it is 

fixed carbon 47.1, and ash 11.7 per cent; an worked for local market only. 

ultimate analysis gives carbon 64.77, hydro- Aurelius, the northernmost township in the 

gen 5.06, oxygen. 12.67, ·nitrogen . 0.87; · sul- county, contains a large · acreage of ·l\1eigs 

phur 4.89, and ash-11.74 per cent. The heat Creek coal, though much has been swept away 

value is 11,930 B. t. u. by ·Duck Creek.· Formerly the fuel was mined 

Center Township fo~ms the southeast-corner for shipment by rail at Macksburg, but the 

of the county and contains a larger area of practice was discontinued many years ago. 

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THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 79 

Section of :Meigs Creek coal bed on Charles Schintmel's 

land, sec. 28, Aurelius Township, Washington County, 

Ohio.· 

Coal, lower part only of upper bench .............. . 

Ft. in. 

9t 

3 

8 

Shale and clay. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 

Coal .. .' ........................... · ............. . 

Shale .......................... ·.: ............... . 

Ooal .................................... : .. ..... 2 

i 

3! 

5 t 

A proxi1nate analysis of a sample fron1 this 

1nine shows moisture 3.4, volatile matter 37.9, 

fixed carbon 49.1, and ash 9.6 per cent; 

an ultimate analysis gives carbon 68.33, hydrogen 5.31, oxygen 10.85, nitrogen 0.90, sulphur 5.03, and ash 9.58 per cent. The heat 

vulue is 12,750 B. t. u. 

Section of Jf..eigs Creek coal bed on A. F. Wooster's land, 

in 1Jalley of Duck Creek, Aurelius Township, Washington 

County, Oh-io. 

Ft. in. 

Coal ............................ · ................ 2 6 

Shale ........................ 0 •••••••••••••••••••• l 3 

Coal ............................................ 2 10 

6 7 

Another section of the Meigs Creek coal bed 

in Aur~lius Township is shown in figure 49, B. 

Salem Township, which lies south of Aurelius; is crossed by the deep valley of Duck 

Creek. 'fhe coal appears to be present in 

this township wherever it is ·due and to be of 

good thickness. It has been· worked on many 

farms and is the local source of fuel among 

the residents. Along Bear Creek, in the southwest part of the township, the coal bed mea.S.: 

ures 4 to 5 feet and is almost free from partings. East of Duck Creek, in this toWl1ship, 

the bed is thick and is divided into two benches 

by a thick bench of shale or clay. 

Sect·ion on 1'wiggs farm on Pawpaw Creek, Salem Township, 

lVashington County, fJhio. 

ranges from 2 to 4. feet in thickness and is 

divided into· two parts by a thick bed of shale 

or clay. · The best known mine is at Coal Run, 

on Muskingum ~iver. It has been worked 

discontinuously for 25 years and supplies 

many farmers and occasionally ships a barge 

load to Marietta. 

Section of Meigs Creek coal bed .in the Felix mine at Coal 

Run, Washington Coun_ty, Ohio. 

Clay. Ft. in. 

Coal........................................ 6 

"Smut''streak............................... i 

Coal ........................................ 1. 4. 

Coal, pyrite and shale........................ 31 

Coal, with· two pyrite streaks.................. ·nt 

Coal, forming floors i~1 entri~s.................. 4 

3 5! 

A proxi1nate analysis of a sample from this 

mine shows moisture 2.9, volatile matter 37.5, 

fi.x:ed carbon 46.7,· and ash 12.9 per cent; an 

ultimate analysis gives carbon 65.88, hydrogen. 5.05, oxygen 9.71, nitrogen 0.92, sulphur 

5.55, and ash 12.89 per cent. The heat value 

is 12,250 B. t. u. 

In Liberty Township and the northwest part 

of Ludlow the coal bed has a good thickness 

and is well exposed along Campbells Run ~nd 

Pawpaw Creek. The following n1easurement 

was 1nade in a cut at Germantown: 

. Section of Meigs Creek coal bed ~t Gerrnantown, Ohio. 

Fl .. in. 

Coal ............................. : ............... 2 G 

Clay ..... : ........................................ 1 G 

Coal .... : ........................................ 3 0 , 

7 0 

Th~ lower bench appears to be the better in 

quality, though both are mined. 

Section on McCurdy farm, in the NW. ! sec. 34-, Ludlow 

Township,. Washington_County, Ohio. · 

l<'t. in. 

Ft. in. Coal ....................... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · 2 2 

Coal~ .. · ................. · ....................... 2 6 Clay ..... :·. : ...... , .............................. ·1 0 

Shale ........... , ,. .......... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . l 0 Coal .......................................... · ... 2 4 

Coal ............................................ 3 0 

6 6 

The coal is thinner in the southern part of 

the township, where it measures about 4 feet; 

over the line in Fearing Township it is .still 

thinner and is probably worthless. 

The Meigs Creek coal is well developed in 

the parts of Waterford and Adams townships 

east of Muskingum River, where it us1ially 

73210--17--4 

5 6 

The coal bed thins· abruptly to the north in 

Ludlow Towpship, and on the Payne farm. 

in sec. 16 it measures only 8 inches; The 

quantity of coal in Liberty, and Ludlow 'town- .. 

shl ps is large and as yet has scarc~ly been 

touched by the nuner. Like the rest of the 

Meigs Creek coal in Oluo it forms a large fuel 

reserve for future· ge~erations. 
80 THE. COAL· FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

lfonroe County.-The area of the Meigs Creek 

coal bed above· drainage in Monroe County is 

small and is confined to a narrow strip that 

borders Noble County and that may be considered as an extensi<:?n of the Noble County field 

and to a small area near the hamlet of ~1echanicsburg, in the southeast corner of Perry Township.· Probably not more than· two sections 

in Seneca Township have the coal in workable 

thickness, but Franklin and Bethel townships 

have larger areas and in them coal is 1nined on 

several farms. The coal bed is thickest along 

the Noble County line, where it measures about 

4 feet. Eastward it thins abruptly and beyond 

the middle of the townships is of minable 

thickness in few if any places. The- coal bed 

consists of .two benches, separated by shale, 6 to 

18 ip.ches thick. 

Probably the Meigs Creek coal of_ Belmont 

County extends south into- northern Monroe 

County biit is below drainage,· and specific data 

as to its thickness and quality are lacking. · 

Muskingum and Guernsey counties.-The 

Meigs . Creek coal underlies the high. hills and 

ridges· in the southeast corner of ~1uskingum 

County and to a much ·smaller extent in the 

adjacent part of Guernsey County. Meigs and 

Rich Hill contain more of this coal bed than do 

any other townships in Muskingum County; 

the bed generally measures 3 to 4 feet in thic~­

ness and contains two or more shale partings. 

UNIONTOWN AND WAYNESBURG COAL BEDS. 

Ft. iu. 

Unseen ...................... , ....... : ......... . 7 . 4 

Limestoile .............. · ...................... . 3 0 

Unseen ....... .- ........ : ...................... . 12 (j 

Sandstone, shaly .............................. . 3 5 

Limestone and shale .................... ~ .... . 19 2 

Limestone ... ~ ...... : ............... .-......... . 13 2 

Limestone and shale . · ............... ·- ......... · 20 l 

Shale ....................................... . 1 10 

·coal, Meigs Cree~: ........................ _ 2 :3 

Sandstone, shaly ........................ _. __ .. . 5 2 

Shale, black ................................. . 2 Coal~ .............. _ ... ____ . __ . _ .. -.... _· _ .. 8 

Shale and very thin limestone layers .. ·. ~ ...... . 4 0 

Shale .............. ~ ...................... : .. 5 2 

Unseen ..................... _- ........ ~ ........ . 5 0 

Limestone and shale ......................... . 41 4 

Ui1seen .............. · ......... ·- .............. -. 25 0 

Coal, Pittsburgh. 

268 ll 

The Uniontown coal, according' to !-Iyde, 

ranges from 110 to 145 feet above the Meigs 

Creek coal in this part of Belmont County. It 

is known locally as the "Three-foot sea1n" and 

has been mined in a -very small way at several 

places in Colerain Township. About 100 feet 

ahove the Uniontown coal in this part of Belmont County is another coal bed in the hilltops 

which . is kno"rn among the farmers as ·the 

"Upper Six~ foot bed" and also as the "Cut 

seam," from its exposure in the cut on the 

Colerain pike at the top of the hill back of Martins Ferry. This coal, \vhich has been worked 

at Colerain; is of- poor quality and belongs in 

the Dunkard group. In - Pease Township,-

which lies east of Colerain, ·the Uniontown or 

Near the village of I-I4rrisville, in the extreme "Three-foot'' coal has been worked at a numsoutheastcorner of I-Iarrison County, the Union- ber of places, especially in sees~ 35 and 36. In 

town coal is found in the highest hills, about that loc~lity a coal bed 2 feet 6 inches in· thick100 feet above the Meigs Creek bed, and was ness was noted lying from 25 to 40 feet below 

formerly mi!led on a very small scale. In the Uniontown coal. 

northern Belmont County it is also found 100 The Uniontown coal has been mined by 

to 110 feet above the Meigs Creek coal. The . farmers at many other places in Belmont 

bed is about 2 feet-thick at Flushing but thick-· I County. Near St. Clairsville the coal has been 

ens a little to the east, and in Colerain Township mined on a number of farms, but the bed is thin 

measur-es 3 to 4 feet. The position of this coal and the output very small. In the vicmity' of 

bed with reference to those below· is shown in Belmont, Goshen Township, in the southeast .. 

the section below: corner of Union Township, and along the 

Sectio'!l- at Barton, Ohio. 

[By J. E. Hyde.] 

Shale with a few thin layers of sandstone ....... . 

Coal, Uniontown ........................ _ .. ~ 

Unseen ....................................... . 

Sandstone, thin bedded ....................... . 

Limestone ... ~ ................................ . Shale ......... _______________ , ___ . _ . _ . ____ . __ 

southward-flowing tributaries of Captma Creek 

this coal has been worked in numerous places. 

Ft. in. To sum up, the Vniontown coal occupies large 

25 O -areas in the hills of Belmont County, but the · 3 0 bed is thin and the co~l of rather poor quality. 

~~ _ ~ Although it has been mined ·on many farms 

10 8 the ·quantity removed is insignificant, and it 

. 3 o. may be. regarded as a fuel reserve which will 

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THE COAL 1!..,IELDS ()F OHIO. 81' 

be enge'rly sought wher1 the underlying Pittsburg1l arid Meigs Creek coals have. been exhu:usted. 1\vo or three western States are now 

mining coals for raih·oad shipment that are not 

thicke~· and apparently n,re not superior in 

quality to the Ur~iontown. This conl is mined 

by .fanners. along Sunfish Creek and probably 

at several other places in Monroe County. 

The Waynesburg cool, which forn1s the summit of the :Monongahela, forn1ation, is of very 

little value as a source of fuel. Its thickness 

varies and it is only in Slllall areas that it is 

·workable. 'rhe coal is at its best in the southern part of Behnont County, where it ranges. 

in thickness frmn 2 to 4 feet. Condit reports 

that it is nuned in the vicinity of Alledonia 

station, at Sonwrton, and along Bend Fork 

east of l-Iunter. It was fo'rn1erly mined on the 

Yocum far1n near Sornerton, Smnerset Township, for use in a null, but the'nline was abandoned because of trouble with water. The coal 

is reported to be less than 3 ·ff?et thick and of 

poor quul:ity. It thins to the south and· in 

the adjacent pn,rt of ~1onroe County is reported 

worthless. 

COAL BEDS OF THE DUNKARD GROUP. 

The Dunkard group, formerly known as 

the "Upper Barren Coal ~1easures," is the 

youngest formation in Ohio and.is found only 

in the high hills and ridges in the eastern and 

southern parts of the State~ The group ineludM two for1nations, the Greene above and 

the Washington below. Orton assigned to it• 

a thickness of 500 feet, but recent work by 

Stauffer increases this to 636 feet. The forination rests on the Waynesburg coal, the top 

11101nber of the Monongahela for1nation, and 

extends frmn that bed to the tops of the highest hills and ridges. 

The following section, 1neasured by C. R. 

Stauffer, shows the cmnposition of the group 

as exposed near Jacobsburg, Beln1ontCounty: 

Section of Dunkard group and upper part of the Monongahelctjormation in Belmont County, Ohio. 

Dunkard group: 

Shale, gray, t:> t::>p of hill· back of barn on Ft. in. 

A. R. Kelsey's farm ............... _...... 12 8 

Sandstone, rather massive, micaceous, gray, 

passing into shale .................... , .. 3 8 

Shale, gray................................ 17 2 

Shale, black to bluish, resembling a coal bloss::>m; contains plant fragments.. . . . . . . . . . 2 10 

Limestone, clayey, gray; weathers rapidly... 3 1 

Shale, blue to .drah; soft ...... ; . ·~ ·_ ..... _ .... . 

Limestone, gray, containillg ostracodes. _ .. _ 

Shale, gray, with some limestone nodules ... . 

Limestone, nodular, gray .................. . 

Shale, soft, gray, with numerous ca~careous 

nodules ................... _ ........... . 

Sandstone, thin bedded,· gi'ay. _ ........... . 

Shale, soft, fissile, gray .................... . 

Limestone, drab, in thin layers, with calcareous shale between; fossiliferous; Upper 

Washington limestone member ........... . 

Shale, soft, clayey, red and gray ........... . 

Concealed (aneroid reading) ............... . 

Sandstone, gray .......................... . 

Concealed (aneroid reading)_ ............. . 

Sandstone, thin,. cross-bedded ............ : . . 

Shale, soft,· gray .... _ ..................... . 

Limestone, compact drab and. clayey gray 

. shale; lower layer nodular; fossiliferous; 

Middle Washington. limestone member .. _ .. 

Shale, gray and red, with several thin coaJ 

blossoms and nodules of sandstone ........ . 

Coal, Washington ........ : ............ . 

Shale, greenish gray to huff, with a few concretionary nodules ....... · ............... . 

Sandstone, micaceous, gray ............... . 

Shale, micaceous, sandy, gray ............ -·~ 

Sandstone, gray to yellowish, micaceous, 

laminated ............................. . 

Shale, gray to huff, .containing some small 

iron nodules ............ · ................ . 

San<;lstone, micaceous, gray ............... . 

Shale, sandy, gray to huff, micaceous ....... . 

Sandstone, gray, laminated, micaceous ..... . 

Shale, fissile, gray ... _ ..................... . 

Sandstone, micaceous, gray ................ . 

. Shale., gray to huff, sandy ....... · ..... 

-... . 

. Limestone, biue, shaly, containing ostracodes; Elfn Grove limestone member .... . 

.Shale, gray ..................... '·-· ......... . 

·'Monongahela formation: 

Coal, Waynesburg, upper bench ........ . 

Shale, gray to drab, sandy, micaceous ..... . 

Sandstone, gray, cross-bedded and in places 

sha'ly, .micaceous; contact with coal below irregular_ ........................ _ .. 

Coal, Waynesburg, lower bench ... __ ... . 

l~evel of Ohio River & Western Railway at School 

No. 12. 

Ft: in. 

1 4,. 

9. 

11 

1 3 

11 0 

2 o. 

11 6 

3 0 

21 4 

. 10 0 

1 4 

16 0 

4 0 

20 . 0 

6 10 

')~ 

-0 4 

4 " 6 

]7 6 

.. 5 10 

5 10 

13 8 

HI 0 

1 5 

12 2 

2 9 

!) 10 

1 10 

8 1() 

1 4 

~. 0 

1 0 

'2 9 

5 8 

1 .6 

293 5 

Concerning the roeks of the Dunkard,· · 

Stauffer writes: 

A large p~rt of the Dunkard in Ohio is to be classed .as: 

red beds, although the Monongahela formation and even 

the Conemaugh are not without their red shales, which in. 

the MonongalJ.ela are often so like those of the ·Dunkard as 

to make them easily confused if it were not for other rather· 

easily identified strata associated therewith. There are 

but few really red sandstones and those usually only 

coated red on the outside or weathered surface in the flunk-

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82 THE COAL . FIELDS ·oF THE UNITED STATES. 

ard formation of Ohio. The red is thus almost confined measured over 7 feet in the deep cut on the 

to the shale. ·In the northern part of the Dunkard area Colerain pike above l1artins Ferry but is .imthe red beds are to be found chiefly in the upper part of the · · formation, but to the southward most of the shale in the pure and can not be marketed under existing 

whole formation is red. In the main these shales, sand- conditions. This coal is found elsewhere in 

stones, limestones, and beds of coal represent land, swamp, Belmont County and in places in Monroe and 

and fresh-water deposits; but the presence of gyps':lm in , Washington counties. Farmers have tested it 

certain of the shales and sands~ones and again marine or at many places but have always been disapbrackish-water fossils in other beds indicates that these . . t d 

conditions at times gave place to others of a very different pom e · character. 

From the economic standpoint the shales and sandstones 

occupy the place of most importance both now and for the 

future. The shales are being utilized, at Marietta, in the 

manufacture of brick, while in the· same general locality 

three or four of the sandstones are extensively used in the 

manufacture of grindstones. · 

The· coals of the Dunkard have little or no 

value in Ohio. The principal beds nre the 

Waynesburg "A," Washington, Washington 

"A," Jollytown, Dunkard, and Nineveh, but 

these are in many places represented by streaks 

only, and not one. of them is regularly mined in 

Ohio. Near Alledonia, Belmont· County, the 

Waynesburg "'A" coal is 18 inches thick and 

has been worked in a few places by farmers. 

The Washingtoil is the best developed and 

most persistent coHl bed In the Dunkard. It 

COMPOSITION OF OHIO COALS. 

The following tables showing the composition 

of Ohio c9als were compiled from Bulletin 9 

.of the Ohio Geological Survey and from recent 

publications of the Unit.ed States Geological 

Survey and Bureau of Mines. 

The samples w;ere cut under the same genernl conditions, which are those prescribed by 

the United States Geological Survey. It is 

believed, therefore, that comparisons can safely 

be made and that the figures are a fair representation of the composition of Ohio coals. 

In the "Reference" column "Ohio" refers to 

the Geological Survey of Ohio, "Mines" to the 

UnitedStatesBureauofMines,and "U.S. G. S." 

to the United States Gf\ological Survey. 

Analyses cf Ohio coals. · 

[Made by Ohio Geological Survey, U. S. Bureau of Mines, and the United States Geological Survey.) 

Sharon coal (No. 1). 

County .. Township. 

Jackson .•..... :~ .. Liberty ........ . Do ................. do .......... . 

Mine or laboratory, number. 

15188 

15189 

Proximate. Ultimate. Reference. 

-----,----.------.,.-:--'---:---:------:------:-----:-- British 1-----,---

1 

thermal 

MQis- Volatile Fixed Sui- fr~ Car- Nitro- Oxy- units.l Organiza- Bun.· 

tufe. matter. ~~~-. Ash. phur. gen. bon. gen. gen. tion. No. 

:~:~ ~u T~:: -u ·:~~ .:: :::j::::::: ·:: :::::::::::1 :u~ .><t:.::::: : ::: 

Quakertown coal (No. 2). 

Jackson ............ ~ Milton ... :~·-·t·~~-1_ 9._3_1 ___ 33~- 54.21 3.5 11.25~~-·l··~ .. J~ ... ~J ........ /12,530 I Ohio ...... ~ .... .. 

Clarion coal (No. 4a). 

Lawrence .......... Decatur ......... 65 6.3 35.3 41. o 1 17.41 5.29 4.91 57.92 1. 07 13.40 110,740 Ohio ...... Do .... ~ ....... ..... do ........ · ... 67 5.9 37.2 41.6 15.28 5.36 5.06 60.22 1.18 12. 90 11' 130 ... do ....•.. Do ............. ..... do .......... 68 6.1 38.5 45.5. 9.94 3.61 5.42 65.53 1. 22 14.28 11,960 ... do ....... Do ............ Washington ..... 66 6.0 39.1 43.0 11.86 5.10 5.26 63.32 1. 22 13.24 H, 730 ... do ....... Scioto ............. Bloom .......... 64 6.8 37.9 46.0 9.34 3.45 5.33 65.30 1. 23 15. 35 11, 760 ... do ...••.. Jackson .. : ......... Madison ........... 63 4.9 35.7 45.7 13.70 6.14 4.89 62.57 1. 23 11.47 11,500 ... do .•.•... Do ............ Bloomfield ...... 62 5.3 37.4 43.8 13.54 6.08 4.98 62.05 1. 23 12.12 11,380 ... do ....... Do ............ Milton .......... 55 5.6 38.9 47.4 8.09 3. 70 5.47 67.30 1. 28 14.16 12,280 ... do ....... Do ............ ..... do ........... 56 5.0 39.7 45.5 9.80 4.08 5.39 66.14 1. 28 13.31 12,150 ... do ....... .Do ............ ..... do ........... 57 4. 7 40.5 46.2 8.61 3. 73 5.44 67.51 1. 26 13.45 12, ~60 ... do ....... Do ............ ..... do ........... 60 5.3 41.0 45.3 8.40 3. 72 5.50 66.52 1.28 14.58 12,210 ... do ....... Do ............ ..... do ........... · 1896 8.4 41.3 43.6 6. 7 3.10 ........ .......... ........ . .......... 12,250 U.S.G.S. 

Do ............. ..... do ........... 1897 7.5 39.3 42.7 10.5 5.44 "65:04· · · i2:9.s· .......... ... do ....... Vinton ............ Wilkesville ...... 59 4. 7 39.9 44.2 11.21 4.16 5.36 1.28 12,050 Ohio ...... Do ........ : ... ..... do ........... · 61 4.5 40.1 46.5 8.85 4.23 5.44 67.17 1.28 13.03 12,340 ... do ....... Do ............. .. ... do .......... ·. 2208 6.8 40.0 <!5.5 7. 7 3.34 ......... ......... ............. ............... 12,510 U.S.G.S. 

Do ............ ..... do ........... 2209 7.4 41.6 44.8 6.2 2. 77 ............ ... do ....... Do ...•........ Vinton .......... 54 5.0 40.3 46.5 8.21 2.81 5.49 68.52 1.28 13.69 12,470 Ohio ...... Do ............ ..... do ........... 58 4.6 41.4 42.9 11.10 5.28 5.36 64.91 1.30 12.05 12,050 ... do ....... Do ............ Madison ........ 70 5.0 39.9 46.1 8.97 3.32 5.48 67.92 1.33 12.98 12,530 ... do ....... Do ............ Elk ............. 69 4.9 39.2 46.6 9.32 3.53 5.40 67.17 1.30 13.28 12,450 ... do ....... 

1 British thermal units may be reduced to pound calories by multiplying by 0.5556 and to French calories by multiplying by 0.252. 

2 

2 

2 

2 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

9 

90 

90 

9 

9 

90 

90 

9 

9 

9 

9 

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THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 83 

Analyses of Ohio coals-Continued. 

Lower Kittanning coal .(No.5). 

Proximate. Ultimate. :Reterenec. 

County. ~~or~~ l------,,------,---,---!..-,-----.---~---.---.---l British t-----,---

m~:lor. Mois- Volatile Fixed Sui- Hy- Car- Nitro- Oxy- t~~Ts~1 Organiza- Bull. ture. matter. ~~~. Ash. phur. ~!:i. bon. gen. gen. tion. No. 

Township. 

-------1·------:-1------------------------------'----i----1-----t---

Lawrence . .' •....... Perry ........... 74 7.6 38.5 41).1 8. 79 3.20 5.59 66.71 1. 27 14.44 12,200 Ohio •..... 9 Do ..••........ l~Iizabeth ..•.... 75 8.1 34.5 47.7 9. 71 2.13 5.44 65.54 1. 23 15.95 11,930 . .. do •••••.. 9 

Jackson .•.•........ Milton .•........ 76 8.4 35.2 49.0 7.42 2.65 5.47 66.63 1. 37 16.46 12,190 . .. do •••.•.. 9 Do .•••........ ..... do ..•........ 1898 9.4 36.7 46.3 7.6 4.08 ......... ......... .......... ............ 11,900 U.S.G.S . 290 Do .•.•........ ..... do .. : ........ 1899 9.0 37.8 43.9 9.3 4. 41 .............. . .. do ..••••. 290 

Peni)~::::::::::::: -Pike ............ 71 6.8 35.2 47.8 10.16 4. 72 5.26 64.78 1. 22 13.86 11,860 Ohio ••.•... 9 ..... do ........... 72 6. 7 37.1 49.1 7.12 2 . .'>8 5.47 68.34 1. 24 15.25 12,390 ... do •..•••• 9 

Musklngum ........ Washington ..... 73 • 5.0 39.8 47.4 7. 77 4.80 5.37 68.07 1.18 12.81 12,570 . .. do ..••• -•. 9 

Jefferson ........... Knox ••......... 77b 2.5 38.5 51.6 7.40 3.82 5.38 74.20 1. 27 7.93 13,660 ... do .•.••.. 9 

'l'uscnmwas ........ Sandy ..•........ 77 5.3 38.7 48.3 7. 71 3.25 5.46 69.75 1.18 12.65 12,900 .... do ••.•... 9 Do •.••........ ..... do ....... : .. 3968 5.6 36.a 49.4 8. 7 2.89 ........... ............ . ............ "i2;s.~· U.S.G.S. 332 Do ............ ..... do .•......... 3969 4.5 39.9 47.1 8.5 3. 73 ......... ........... ..... · ...... ... do ••.••.. 332 

Mahoning ...•...... Green ........... ·77a 5.2 36.9 53.2 4. 72 2.17 .'>.50 73.84 1.41 12.36 13,500 Ohio ••.... 9 

Middle Kittanning coal (No: 6). 

,· 

Lawrence .•.•...... . ~~r.rdo·.:::::::::: 136 6.0 39.1 50.1 4.82 3.61 5.56 71.82 1. 33 12.86 13,170 Ohio: ..... 9 Do ••.....•.... 82a 6.6 34.3 48.2 10.92 3.32 5.16 64.95 .1. 23 14.42 11,930 . .. do .....•. 9 

Gallla ..••......... Greenfield .•..... 82b 8.1 37.5 45.9 8.52 3.64 5.48 65.71 1.18 15.47 12,090 . .. do ..•.... 9 

Athens ............ Canaan •..•...... 89a 6.4 34.2 50.9 8.49 . 51 5.40 69.25 1. 43 14.92 12,450 ...do ....... 9 Do •........... Athens .•........ 83 6.2 36.4 49.6 '7.82 .90 5.43 69.22 1. 30 15.33 12,360 . .. do ...... : 9 Do .••......... Waterloo ........ 84 6. 7 . 35.4 51.2 6. 75 2.28 5.49 69.21 1.18 15.09 12,460 ... do ....... 9 Do .•........... ..... do ........... 85 6.8' a6.9 48.2 8.05 2.14 5.49 67.40 1. 37 15.55 12,2.10 . .. do ....... 9 

Vinton ••.......... Swan ••......... 82 4.9 39.2 45.8 10.15 4.25 5.40 66.26 1.23 12.71 12,320 ... do ....... 9 

Hocking ........... Starr •........... 81 6.5 38.3 47.2 8.03 3.52 5.49 67.33 1. 20 14.43 12,330 . .. do ....... 9 Do .••.......... Ward ........ _ ... 7712 9. 7 32.5 5a.4 4.43 .54 5.70 69.50 1.25 18.58 12,450 Minos ...... 22 Do •........... ..... do .•..•...... 86 7. 5 34.0 52.6 5.85 . 77 5.52 70.05 1. 42 16.39 12,510 Ohio ...... 9 Do •........... ..... do •••........ 87 7.5 35.0 52.7 4.81 .66 5.53 71.04 1.43 16.53 12,700 . .. do ....... 9 Do •••......... ....• do ••.•....... 88 7.4 34.2 53.4 5.00 1. 06 5.55 70.58 1.32 16.49 12,650 . .. do ....... 9 Do ••.•.... -.... Green ...... .' .... 80 6.5 37.3 49.2 6.97 2.57 5.45 68.40 1.18 15.43 12,420 ... do ....... .9 

Athens ••.......... Dover •.......... 89 7.2 34.2 51.9 6. 72 . 1. 65 5.56 69.12 1.30 15.45 12,350 . .. do .... -.... 9 Do ..••........ 'l'riml>le ......... 90 7.3 32.4 53.6 6. 73 .86 5.45 69.46. 1. 34 16.16 12,410 . .. do •...... 9 

Perr:b····· ......... Salt Lick •....... 79 7. 7 33.5 51.3 . 7.47 1.45 5.46 68.:30 1.18 16.14 12,190 . .. do ....... 9 0 ............ ..... do ••••....... 1900 10.8 34.9- 48.2 6.1 1.11 .. ........ ······· . ...... ......... 11,990 U.S.G.S. 290 Do •........... ..... do ..•........ 1901 9.8 35.7 48.5 6.0 1.43 ''5.'49" "76.'36" "i:36. "i6:oo· ·i2;s7o· ... do ...•. :. 290 Do ••••......... Monroe .......... 91 6.-8 35.5 51.8 5.91 1.00 Ohio ...... 9 Do •........... Pike .•.......... 78 7.0 37.1 48.9 6.95 2.33 5.58 68.29 1.26 15.59 12,380 ... do ....... 9 Do .......... · .. ..... do •......... 92 5.2 38.9 46.0 9.86 3.-43 ~.38 66.05 1.18 14.10 12,190 ... do .....• 9 Do •........... :::::ag:::·::::::: 2119 8.9 38.6 46.7 5.8 3.00 ······· ........ ........... . ........ 12,330 ... do ....... 290 Do .. , ......... 2120 -8.9 39.3 47.8 4.0 1. 74 ... do ...... 290 Do ............ 13earfleld ........ 93 5.9 36.6 47.4 10.10 4.96 5.26 65.43 1. 22 13.03 12,040 ... do .•..... 9 Do ... : ........ Clay ••.......... 95 6. 7 38.3 48.4 6.64 2.43 . 5.61 68.45 1. 29 15.58 12,430 ... do ....•.. 9 Do ............ Harrison ........ 94 7.2 37.6 49.9 5.26' 2.34 5.60 69.77 1. 26 15.77 12,610 ... do •...... 9 Do ..•......... .•••• do ........... 97 5. 7 38.8 47.0 8.45 3.38 5.37 67.77 1.18 13.85 12,330 . .. do ....... 9 Do ............ ..... do •.......... 98 6.4 38.0 48.0 7.58 2. 72 5.49 68.06 1. 26 14.89 12,360 . .. do ....... 9 Muskingum ....... Brush Creek ..... 101 5.1 39.7 45.4 9. 77 5.54 5.32 65.74 1.14 12.49 12,240 ... do ....•.. 9 Do ............ Harrison .•. , .... 100 4. 7 40.3 45.2 9.83 4.10 5.38 67.71 1.16 11.82 12,370 ... do ....•.. 9 Do ............ Newton.· .•...... 96 5.0 38.2 47.2 9.56 5.97 5.29 65.88 1.12 12.18 12,160 ... do ....... 9 Do ............ Washington ..•.. 99 5.4 39.2 46.1 9.28 3. 77 5.34 67.16 1.18 13.27 12,280 ... do ....•.. 9 Do ............ Muskingum •.... 104 5.5 40.3 49.0 5.23 3.63 5.57 70.54 1. 26 13.77 12,940 ... do ....... 9 Do ••.......... Madison •••..... : 102 4. 7 39.9 46.1 9.28 5.35 5.35 66.69 1. 28 12.05 12,340' ... do ....... 9 Do ............. ..... do •••....... 103 4.6 41.0 47.8 6.58 4.49 5.47 69.58 1.30 12.58 12,830 ... do ....•.. 9 

Coshocton ......... Linton ••........ 111 4.4 40.9 49.3 5.36 3.61 5.56 71.34 1. 28 12.85 13,050 ... do ....... 9 Do •........... ....• do ........... 112 10.9 34.0 48.5 6.64 2.03 5.37 63.08 1.15 21.73 11,040 .,.do ... , ... 9 Do •........... :Fmnklin .. : . .... 108 4.3 41.1 49.0 5.59 4.00 5.41 71.42 1. 22 12.36 13,080 ... do .....• 9 Do ............ r;~~~::::::::: 109 5.1 39.0 48.9 7.02 3.87 5.45 69.49 1. 20 12.97 12,720 ... do ....••• 9 Do ............ 105 5.3 40.9 47.5 6 .. 30 4.22 5.50 69.29 1.24 13.45 12,760 ... do ....••• 9 Do ............ Lafayette •...... 110 5.6 34.7. 46.4 13.28 4.87 4.95 61.59 1. 08 14.23 11,200 . .. do ....••• 9 Do •............ Oxford ••........ 113 4.4 40.7 50.4 4.45 3.54 5.53 72.65 1. 35 12.48 13,230 ... do ..••••• 9 Do .•........... Adams .•......... 114 4.6 39.2 47.5 8. 75 5.36 5.40 67.51 1.24 11.74 12,380 ... do .•••••• 9 Do ............ White Eyes ..... 118 5.3 37.4 48.7 8.60 4.36 5.32 67.41 1.18 13.13 12,290 ... do ..••••• 9 Do •............ ..... do ........... 120 4.5 38.7 50.8 5.97 3.63 5.53' 70.94 1. 30 12.63 12,910 ..• do .•••••• 9 Do ••........... Keene ........... 107 5.4 39.9 49.6 5.08 3.18 5.58 70.90 1. 24 14.02 12,950 ... do .... _ ••• 9 Do ............. Crawford ........ 117 4. 7 39.2 44.8 11.29 5.60 5.23 64.78 1.12 11.98 11,8i0 ... do •...••• 9 Do ............. Clark .. : ......... 106 5.3 39.1 49.5 6.15 3. 72 5.50 69.59 1.12 13.92 12,750 ... do .•••••• 9 

'l'uscarawus ........ Salem .... ~ ...... 133 3.4 40.0 48.9 7.67 5.22 5.30 70.02 1. 26 10.53 12,840 ... do .•••••• 9 Do •...........• r~ffci-Soi~: :: :: :: : 131 3.4 39.7 47.5 9.38 4.88 5.23 68.77 1. 30 10.44 12,550 ... do ..•.••• 9 Do .•........... 115 4. 7 40.3 49.5 5.47 4.05 5.53 71.08 1. 32 12.55 12,960 ... do .•••••• 9 Do •.. · .......... Mill ............. 130 3.8 38.3 49.5 8.42 .3.83 5.26 70.31 1. 22 10.96 12,780 ... do ..••••• 9 Do ••........... ·Dover ........... 121 3.5 40.3 50.2 6.01 3.17 5.41 . 72.1:3 1.28· 12.00 13,140 ... do .•••••• 9 Do ............. .... do ........... 122 4.9 36.2 49.4 9.50 4.19 5.14 67.54 1. 30 12.33 12,340 ... do~ ..••••. 9 Do ••........... Goshen .......... 123 3.5 41.6 47.2 7.69 4.56 5.45 70.26 1. 22 10.82 12,880 ... do .•••••• .9 Do •............ Fairfield •....... 138 7.1 38.3 50.0 4.56 2.62 5.64 71.29 1.23 14.66 12,950 ... do .••.••• 9 Do ............. ..•.• do .•••...... 127 4. 7 39.2 49.9 6.22 3.28 5.48 70.80 1. 28 12.94 12,780 ... do .•.•••• 9 Do ............. Lawrence ...... , 125 4. 7 39.5 46.7 9.06 4. 70 5.30 67.59 1. 24 12.11 12,390 ... do ..••••• 9 Do ............. Sandy •.•••...... 126 4.9 38.2 49.9 7.04 2. 91 5.40 70.45 1. 28 12.92 12,750 ... do .•.•••• 9 

Holmes .•.......... Walnut Creek ... 119 7.3 34.9 53.6 4. 21 1.00 5.42 70.62 1. 44 17.31 12,510 ... do: •••••• 9 

Carroll.. ........... Orange .••••..... 132 3.8 39.1 50.3 6. 79 3.06 5.36 71.99 1. 40 11.40 13,030 ... do ..••••• 9 

Stark ••............ Sandy .•.••...... 135 6. 7 36.2 48.9 8.22 2.66 5.37 68.94 1. 20 13.61 12,560 ... do •..•••• 9 Do •........... Nimishillen ..... 139 5.6 38:5 45.8 10.08 4.13 5.29 66.92 1.19 12.39 12,360 ... do .••.••• 9 

Columbiana ........ Liverpool ....... 137 3.6 36.2 55.6 4.60 1. i6 5.46 77.06 1. 38 9. 74 14,020 •.• do .•••••• 9 
.84 

County. Township. 

Jefferson........... Springfield ..... . Do .................. do: ........ . 

If):::::•:[:: :::::11\;::.l::\ Do .................. do ........ ·.·-1 Do ............. Steubenville ... . 

Do ... , .. ~ ...... _ .... do .......... ·/ 

----- -

Lawrence .......... Lawrence ....... Do ......... ~--- Aid ............. Do ............. ..... do ........... Do ........ ,. ... ..... do ........... Do ............. Sy.mmes •....... Do ...... · ....... ..•.• do ••••....... Do ............. ...•. do •••••..... Gallia ............. W\llnut ••••...... Muskingum ..... :. Harrison ••...... Do ........ , ... Brush Creek .... Do .......... :. Wayne.· ......... Coshocton ......... Clark ........ · ... 

Guejfg~:'::::: :::-:: Center .......... ..... do ........ -;. Do ....... : .... Valley ........ :. Do ............ •..•. do .......... Do ............ Richland .... ~ ... Do •........... ..... do ........... Do •........... Center .•..•..... Do ............ •.• ;.do .......... Noble ........... :. Noble ........... Do ............ ..... do .... : ..... 

Gallia ............. Ohio ......... · ... 

Rg::::::::::~: Harrison ........ ..... do ... ,.· ..... Do ........ :: .. Green ........... Athens ••••.... : ... Ames ........... Do ••••.... : ... Borne ........... Do .•• · ..... : ... ..... do~ ••.... · ... 

-~~~~!.:~::::~:~: Homer ........... Millwood ........ Washington, .... Do •••......... Somerset.. ...... 

~~:::::::::::: ..... do ...•...... : .... do .......... 

~~:::::::::::: ..... do ••••...... Mead ........... . Do ........ : ... Pultney ......... Do ............ . · .... do ••........ Do ............ ..... do ••........ Do ............ ..... do •..... : ... 

E~,::::::::~::: ..••. do •......... .Smith ........... 

Eg:::::::::::: if:-~~~---:::::::: ..... do .......... Do .... · ......... Pease ........... Do ............ Colerain ......... Do .... : .....•. Wheeling ....... Do ........ : ... Flushing ..... : .. Do ........ : ... ..... do •......... . Jefferson ........ , .. , Mount Pleasant. Do ........ : ... Warren ......... Do ••.. ~ ... : ........ do ••••...... Do ........ : ........ do ........... Do ............ Weils •••........ Do ••...... : ... Do •••..... : ... ':::::~~::::~::::: Do ........ : ... Smithfield ...... Do ........ :~ .. ..... do.~ ••...... Do ••...... : ... ..... do •••....... Do ............ Do •••......... ~·::::~~:::: ::·: :: :i Do ............ ..... do ••........ 

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THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

A1}alyses of Ohio coals-Continued. 

Lower Freeport coal (No. 6a). 

Proximate. Ultimate. Reference. 

~~! 1-~~.-~-..,,.----.--.!..-..----.,..--...,...------:--~---1 British 1----....,----

tory Mo1"s· Volat1"le Fixed Sui- Hy- C N"t 0 thm:mt al 0 · B II number. A h d ar· 1 ro- xy- llDl s. rgamza- u • ture. matter. ~~~~ s • phur. g!~~ bon. gen. gen. tion. No. 

.. 

10533 

15::!88 

15389 

15390 

15391 

15392 

15393 

15440 

15441 

15443 

15675 

15676 

147 

144 

145 

146 

140 

141 

143 

142 

148 

149 

150 

151 

2090 

2091 

20245 

20246 

20261 

20262 

20264 

20265 

17213 

17214 

25 

27 

28 

26 

23 

24 

24 

22 20178 9 

11 201R7 

20188 

20230 8 2095 

398(1 

3988 3 

4 

7 

10 

6 

5 

1 

2 

Oa 

2a 

3986 12 

15 

1944 

15a 

16 155li3 

15564 13 

19 

14 1910 

15486 

15487 

15488 

15489 

15490 

3~ 4 

3. 7 3.5 

3.3 

3.6 

3. 5 4.1 

3.4 

3.5 

3.6 

3.8 

3.8 

7. 2 

7. 8 8.4 

8.4 

7.1 

8.8 

8.4 

7. 6 4.9 

4. 7 

5.1 

6.4 

6.3 

5.8 

6. 9 

6.2 

5.4 

6.4 

.6.1 

6.0 

4.9 

5.1 

5.8 

7.0. 

7.8 

6. 7 5.8 

6. 6 4. 5 

6. 9 

4.4 

2.8 

4.1 

4.1 

3. 7- 3. 7 

2. 9 

4.0 

4.1 

3.1 

3.5 

3.8 

3. 2 4.5 

3.8 

4.4 

3.4 

3.8 

4. 2 4. 2 

4.1 

3.1 

3. 1 4. 7 4. 6 4.9 

3.8 

4.3 

A.o 

4. 2. 4.3 ·- 4 . .1 4.8 

4. 5 4.3 

4.9 

54 

--------- 37.6 52.0 7.0 2.40 37.4 51.2 7. 7 3.07 38.3 50.8 7.4 2.99 38.9 50.3 7."5 3. 23 37.6 49.1 9. 7 3.08 38.6 49 .. 6 8.3 2.40 38.6 48.9 8.4 2.95 38.0 52.4 6.2 2.20 37.9 50.6 8.0 3.14 37.0 50.7 8. 74 3. 70 35.9 53.4 6.85 1. 90 35.4 53.4 7.4 1. 91 

Upper Freeport coal (No. 7). 

32.2 49.9 10.67 2.33 32.9 47.1 12.18 2. 66 31.8 51.6 8.23 1. 29 31.3 49.0 11.28 .93 33.7 50.3 8. 91 1. 31 31.7 50.8 8. 71 . 76 31.5 50.0 10.09 1. 84 32.9 47.1 12.39 1. 81 42.3 45.0 7. 78 4.36 43.5 44.2 7.56 5.00 35.5 45.8 ·12. 60 3.84 37.9 52.5 3.19 2.01 35.8 50.6 7.3 3.55 36.9 50.7 6.6 - 2.62 34.1 53.3 5. 7 • 84 36.2 52.3 5.3 .86 35.8 50.8 8.0 1.64 33.7 52.1 7.8 2.16 35.2 51.8 6.9 1.62 35.7 50.4 7.9 2.15 37.8 48.9 8.4 2.95 37.2 49.6 8.1 2. 99 

Pittsburgh coal (No. 8). 

36.7 47.4 10.06 4.34 36.1 47.9 9.03 . 5. 21 34.1 48.3 9. 76 3. 89 34.4 45.9 13.03 4.37 37.4 48.8 8.00 4.19 35.1 48.1 10.20 3. 41 38.2 4.5. 8 11.49 4.88 40.5 44.4 8.19 4. 22 41.1 .45.8 8. 74 4. 85 37.9 49.9 9.42 5. 09 37.1 48.2 10.61 4.95 42.7 43.9 9.3 4.40 43.3 44. <1 8. 0 4.45 41.0 45.8 9.5 4.57 37.9 51.2 8.00 4. 31 38.8 49.1 8.1 3. 49 39.2. 48.7 8.0 4.12 40.8 50.1 6.0 3.42 3S. G 51.0 6.8G 3. 76 37.2 50.1 8.9il 4. 27 36.8 52.7 7. 26 4.28 37.5 47.0 11.01 4. 67 38,0 47.4 10.84 4. 76 36.0 48.8 10.76 4.45 36.8 51.9 7.86 2.97 36.4 50,8 9.00 4.16 33."5 51.9 10. 3.5 3.95 36.4 50.2 !l. 21 4.17 39.2 4R. 7 8.0 4.12 37.9 49.5 9.52 3. 83 37.9 50.8 ~- 22 4.02 3.5. 6 53.7 6.0 1. 54 32.4 54 .. 0 9.00 1.55 33. 1 51.5 10.46 4.09 38.8 50.0 7.4 3. 84 37.4 50.3 8.0 3. 72 34.5 54.1 u. 45 ·1. 75 37.0 50.6 8. 22 2.83 35.3 52 . .5 '1. 88 3. 01 38.5 49.7 7. 7 3. 67 35.9 54.0 5.31 .98 36.4 51.1 8.00 3. 33 3G. 6 .')2. 2 6. 9 2. 57 36.6 51.2 7.25 2.GO 35.8 .53.3 5.5 .77 

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.............. ............ ............ ............. ............. u.s. G. s. 531 .............. ............ .. .......... ............... 13,220 ... do ....... 531 .............. ........... .. ........... 13,250 ... do ....... 531 .............. ............. .............. ............... 13,250 ... do ....... 531 .............. ............ .............. ............... 12,880 .•• do ....... 531 ............. .............. ............. ............... 13,220 . .• do ....... 531 .............. ............ .............. ............... 13,020 ... do ....... 531 .......... , .. ............ . ........... .............. 13,530 . •. do ....... 531 ............ ............ ............ ............... 13,260 .•• do ...... -531 5.19 71.30 1. 39 9.68 13. ODD ... do ....... 531 5.24 74.20 1. 45 10.36 13~350 ... do ........ 531. ............. ............. ............ .. ......... 13,220 ... do ...... 531 

5.03 65.03 1. 25 15.69 11,800 Ohio ...... 9 5.09 63.03 1. 25 1.5. 79 11,350 ... do ....... .g 

5. 21 66.94 1. 31 17.02 11,870 ...do ...... 9 5.10 65.20 1. 28 16.21 11,530 ..• do ....... 9 5.33 67.09. 1. 28 16.08 12,090 · ... do ....... 9 5.32 66.88 1. 25 17.08 11,860 . •. do ....... 9 5.18 64.90 1. 27 16.72 11,700 ... do ...... 6 5.19 63.48 1. 28 15.85- 11,470 Ohio ...... 9 5.53 67.74 1.17 13.42 12,500 ...do ...... 9 5.55 68.27 1. 32 12.30 12,680 . .. do ...... 9 5.11 64.81 1. 25 12.39 11,800 . .. do ...... 9 5. 67 72.72 1. 25 15.16 13, 190 ...do ...... 9 ........... .......... . .......... ········ 12,700 U.S. G.S. 290 . ...... ......... .......... ········ · i2; 79o· ...do ...... 2;)0 

:~:::::I;::;:~~~~::::~~ ::::;; • l

l .. :do ...... 621 13,000 ... do ...... 621 12,780 ...do ...... 621 12,630 ... do ...... 621 12,740 ... do ...... 621 12,600 ... do ...... 621 12,730 :Mines ..... 85 12,700 ... do ...... 1 

85 

5.16 I 64.94 1.10 14.40 11.7!)0 Ohio ...... 9 5.24 64.91 1. 01 14.60 11.850 . .. do ...... 9 5.18 64.59 1. 09 15.49 11;1so ... do ...... 9 5.11 62.30 1.14 14.05 11,440 ... do •..... 9 5.14 67.55 .95 14.17 12,300 ... do ........ 9 5.13 66.61 .93 13.72 11,R90 ... do ...... 9 5.10 65.92 .99 11.02 11,950 ... do ...... 9 5.32 67.39 .90 13.98 12, 100 ... do ...... 9 .5.37 69.30 1. 20 10.4.8 12,710 U.S.G.S. (i21 5. 25 69.76 1. 09 9.39 12,990 Ohio ...... 9 4.89 68.77 1.10 9.68 12,480 ... do ...... 9 ........ . ......... .......... 12,730 U.S. G. S; 621 ......... ······· ........ ········ 12,950 . .. dJ .•.... 621 

. 72: 95' "'8:59' 12,760 ... do ...... 621 5.11 1.04 13,210 Ohio ...... 9 ........ ······· ......... ........ , 13,100 U.S.G.S . 290 ........ .......... ........... 13,090 ... do ...... 332 ........ ·12:o~· .. ........ ............. 13,GOO ... do ...... 332 5.45 1.17 10.70 13,.1!)0 Ohio.,.-.... 9 5. 23 70.57 1.20 9. 78 12,790 ... do ...... 9 5.H 71.49 1.06 10.77 13,140 ... do ...... g 

5.17 67.64 1.08 10.43 12,380 ... do ...... 9 5.09 67.41 1.11 10.79 12,360 ... a.o ...... 9 4.85 68.24 1.10 10. GO 12,430 ...do ...... 9 5. 21 71.45 1.24 11.27 12,990 ... do ...... 9 5.14 70.41 1.09 10. 20. 12,860 ... do ....... 9 5.19 68.17 1.09 11.25 12,430 ... do ...... 9. 5.14 68.75 1.09 11.64. 12,610 . .. do ...... 9 ............. .......... ........... ............ 13,090 U.S.G.S. 332 5.22 69.56 1.10 10.77 12,880 Ohio ...... 9 5.38 71.03 1.26 10.09 13,020 ...do ...... 9 

'7i:i8' ........... ........... 13,330 U.S.G.S. 290 5.06 1.32 11.89 12,790 Ohio ...... 9 5.03 68.01 1.12 11.29 12 520 ...do ...... 9 

------- ............ ------· ............. 13;08o U.S.G.S. 531 

------- ............. ------- ............. 12,960 ... do ...... 531 5. 37 72.43 1.33 12.67 13,100 Ohio ...... 9 5.36 71.20 1. 26 11.13 12,890 ...do ...... !} 

5.18 71.34 1. 20 11. 3il 12,860 . .. d.o.' ..... 9 ............ ........... ------· ·------- 13,150 U.S:G:S. 200 5.35 74.13 1.46 12.77 13,350 . •.. do ...... 531 ............ ............. .......... ............ 12 880 .' .. do ...... 531 ............. ........... .......... ............ 13:150 ...do ...... 531 5.36 71.91 1. 38 11.50 12,990 ...do ...... S:H .......... .............. ........... .......... 13,180 ... do ...... 531 

J. 

/ 

'; 

r 

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• 

THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 85 

4nalyse-t of Ohio_ coals-Gontinned. 

Pittsburgh coal (No. B)-Continued. 

Proximate. Ultimate. Reference. 

Mine or Tiritish t------

County. labora- I I thermal m{~6~r. M:ois- Volatile Fix~d \. 1 Sui- . r..~- Car- Nitro- Oxy- units. Organiza- ljJ~!-

--------- turo .. matter. ~~:;. ~ phur. gou~ bon. gen. -~ tion . 

'l'ownship. 

Jotforson .......... Smithfield ...... 15491 5.5 35.7 M.2 .4. 6 .Rl ... · .... ....... . ....... 13,320 ... do ...... 531 

Do ............ 'Vayno ......... 17 5.0 35.!) 51.1 7. 95 2. (il 5. 32 70. (8 1. 25 12. 19 12,Si0 Ohio ..... 9 

Harrison ........... Short Crook ..... 18 6. 5 35.5 5L. 3 G. 74 2. l!l 5. 70 70.49 1. 22 13. (i(i 12,710 ... do ...... 9 

:8~:::::::::::: Athens .......... 21 (\.0 34.3 53.7 5. 97 1. 35 5. 44 72.22 1. 31 13.il 12,9l\O ~ .. do ...... 9 Cadiz ........... 20 3. 8 3G. 7 48.6 10.88 4. 38 5. ()f) 67.70 1. 27 11). (8 12,360 ... do ...... 9 

Do ............ Green ........... 1544<1 5.0 3(i. 2 52.8 (i.O 1.74 ....... :::::::,::::::: ··-···-· 13,190 U.S.G.S. 531 

Do ............ ..... do .......... 15445 4.3 37. 1 49.1 9 . .5 3. 82 ....... ......... 12,730 ... do ...... 531 

Pomeroy coal (No. Sa). 

I Galli!\ ............. Cheshire ....... ·' 34 8.2 34.2 46.1 11.46 2.18 5. 48 62.95 1. 02 16.91 11,500 Ohio ...... ! 9 

M:oi~~~-_-::::::::::: Sutton ........... 33 4.8 36.3 4G.4 12.52 2.94 5.:32 65.29 1. 17 12.76 11,920 ... do ...... 9 Salisbury ....... , 29 7.3 34. (i 49.4 8.G9 2.05 5.53 66.71 1. OG 15.96 12, 11.0 ... do ...... 9 Do ............ ..... do ........... 30 7.2 3V3 50.7 9.29 1. 32 5. :m· 66.47 1.10 16.43 12,000 ... do ...... : 9 

Do ............ ..... do ........ · .. 31 5. 5 as.2 4.5. 7 10 . .58 4. 17 5.40 65.55 .9-'i 1a.a.5 11, !lUO ... do ...... : 9 

Do ............ H.utland ....... ··i 32 7.6 33.4 48.1 10.93 1.83 5.20 65.29 1. OJ 15.72 11,720 ... do .... ··j 9 

Meigs Creek coal (No. 9). 

-

N 

ashington ~- ..... Adams ..... · ..... 53 2.9 37.5 46.7 .12.891 5.55 5.05 65.88 .92 9. 71 12, 2ii0 Ohio ...... 9 

Do ............ Aurelius ........ 52 3.4 37. tl 4'9: 1 . 9.58 5.03 5.:31 68.33 .90 10.85 12, 750 ... do ....... 9 ohio ............. l~lk ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 3.1 38.4 4(i. 2 12.33 6.00 5.11 66.18 . 86 9.52 12,3li0 ... do ...... 9 

Do ............ Enoch .......... 45 2.9 37.2 49.7 10.16 4. 27 '5.22 68.53 I. 04 10.78 12,690 ... do ...... 9 Do ............ Stock ........... 43 2.6. 38.4 47.6 11.41 5. 79 5.11 67.50 .92 9.27 12,510 ... do ...... 9 Do ............ Marion .......... 42 3.1 37.4 "46. 7 12.85 5.60 _5.09 65.61 .92 9.93 12, 130 . ~.do ...... 9 

Do ............ Brookfield.· ..... 47 3.6 37.4 45.8 13.23 6. 21 5.12 64.44 . 88 10.12 11,9GO . .. do ...... 9 Do ............ ....• do .......... 46 4.8 37.a 48.1 9.82 5.59 5.2(i 6G. 01 0::17 12.35 12 .• aoo ... do ...... 9 Do ............ Seneca .......... . 20235 4. 5 39.6 45.6 10.32 4.12 5.27 68.00 1.17 11.12 12,320 U.S.G.S. 621 

Do ............ ..... do .......... 20240 3.6 41.5 44.4 10.53 4.87 5.25 68.15 1.11 10.09 12,510 .•. do ...... 621 

Do ............ Beaver .......... 20185 4.2 38.4 44.8 12. G2 3. 61 5.22 66.87 1 .. 20 10.48 12, 130 ... do ..... ·. 621 

{orjfg_-: : : : : : : : : : : Moigsvillo ....... 50 5.1 3G.1 47.1 11.74 4.89 5.0G 64.77 .87 12.67 11,930 Ohio ...... 9 Bristol •......... 48 5.0 37.8 46.8 10.37 4.30 5.14 67.04 .89 12.26 12, 110 ... do ...... 9 Do ............ Manchester ..... 49 4.1 37.6 47.6 10.66 5.07 5.10 66.19 .87 12.11 12,200 . .. do ...... 9 elmont. ..... · .... Washington ..... 20237 3.5 37.2 41.5 17.8 4.05 -··-··· "68: i7" .................. 11,510 U.S.G.S. 621 

Do ............ Warren ......... 20176 4.·3 39.0 45.5 11.21 3.65 ,'i. 31 1. 20 10.46 12,400 ... do ...... 621 

Do ............ ..... do •......... 37 4. 5 35.3 47.1 13.07 3. 27 4.99 6ii.S3 1.13 ll.il 12,000 Ohio ...... 9 Do .........•.. Goshen ......... 40 3.4 35.7 46.0 14.94 4.·39 4.86 64. i7 1. 08 9.96 11,840 ... do ...... 9 Do ............ Smith ........... 41 3. 5 34.8 49.9 11.84 3.67 5.02 67.36 1. 05 11.06 12,390 ... do ...... 9 Do ............ Union ........... 39 4. 2 35.1 51.1 9.60 3.11 4. 97 69.90 1. 09 11.33 12,600 ... do ...... 9 Do ............ ..... do .......... 38 4.3 32.5 51.5 11.68 l.!H 5.09 68.32 1.11 11.86 12,310 ... do ...... 9 

w 

]3 

Do ............ Wheeling ....... 36n. 7. 5 31.8 49.5 11.24 2.11 5.14 66.41 1.11 13.99 11;8GO ... do ...... 9 Do ............ Flushing ....... 36 5.0 33.a 48.9 12.82 2. 41 4. 9.5 66.31 1. 19 12.32 11,910 ... do ...... 9 ran-ison .......... Athens .......... 35 5.3 33.1 51.3 10.29 2.20 5.21 68.67 1. 25 12.38 12,390 . .. do .... · .. 9 

Uniontown coal. 

~ronro~~~ ........ ·I r.ent~r ...... ~ .. -1· 202591 .Belmont .......... Wayne.......... 20775 4. 91 4. 7 621 

621 

Waynesburg coal. \ 

• 0 -· ------- --------.--~-;---.......---.----.---;------;---;-----:---.-----;-----o------;---

4.4 37.1 43.1 15.4 2.90 I ll,G60 U.S. G.S. I (\21 4.5 3G.6 44.2 14. i5 3.02 5.10 :::::r: ~: }::::: 11; 800 ... do ...... I 621 4. (; 36.8 44.2 14.4 2.59 11,830 ... do ...... ' G21 4.3 35.3 44.2 Hi. 22 3.53 4.98 11, G10 ... do ...... I 621 ; 

Belmont ........... Somerset ...... ,. 202:34 Do ................. do .. :....... 20241 Do ............ Washington..... 2023(; 

Do ............ Goshen......... 20174 

Washington coal. 

;lolm:: .......... l,washington.: ... l 20238 1 -1.i I 33.71 41.2121.00 I 2.861 4.iG j59.!J3~I.OO 110.36110,820 I u.s.o.s.l 621 

U~ES OF OHIO COALS. 

RANGE OF THE COALS. 

The coa.ts <;>f Ohio have nothing like the range 

in c01nposition possessed by the coals of Pennsylvania and West Virginia. In Pennsylvania 

the varieties extend frmn anthracite to gas 

coals like the Pittsburgh, and in West Virginia 

fro1n smnibitun1inous coals like the Pocahontas 

and New River, with their low content of volatile matter and high percentage of fixed carbon, 

to the Pittsburgh coal, whose qua~ities are 

similar to those of the same coal in Pennsylvania. The Ohio coals, on the .other hand, are 

all bituminous.· 
86 THE • COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED. STATES. 

COXE. 

In fo~er years several Ohio coals have been 

coked, but not a pound of coke is now made 

from them in the State, except possibly as a 

by-product. At Leetonia, Columbiana County, 

the Lower Kittanning coal was long coked for 

local use in iron furnaces, but the ovens there 

have not been fired for. years. The coal bed 

was thin a:qd therefore expensive to work, and 

the · coke, although good, did not equal the 

standard Connellsville coke. The Middle Kittanning coal was formerly coked in a small way 

at Hammondsville, ·Jefferson County, but according to Orton it is too high in ash and 

sulphur. Moreover, the coal in· that locality 

does not exceed 30 inches in thickness. 

The Freeport coals have both been the basis 

of a small ·coking industry. The Lower Freeport coal was used for many years for this purpose at Steubenville and yielded a fair coke, but 

the industry fell into decay, and Pennsylvania 

coke has taken the place of the product. Slack 

coal from the Upper Freeport bed was formerly 

coked at Salineville, but the product was of 

RAW COAL FOR FURNACE USE. 

The Sharon coal in the natural state is still 

used at Jackson for making pig iron: The 

Wellston coal, according to Orton, was formerly 

used for the same purpose, but it appears to be 

too high in sulphur and has not been used in 

iron making for a long time. The Sharon coal 

in northern Ohio, and especially that of the 

Mahoning Valley, was once used on. a large 

scale in the blast furnaces of that locality. It 

_was excellent for the purpose, but the bed was. 

thin and the coal; good as it was, did not compare with Colll}.ellsville coke for iron making. 

The Midd~e Kitt~Iining coal in the Hocking 

Valley had about 35 years ago a large market 

in the natural state for use in local blast furnaces. Iron ore was obtained from the same 

territory, and for a time the industry flourished, 

but the ores could not compete with those from 

Michigan, nor was the coal as fuel equal to coke 

from Pennsylvania, and the industry was short . 

lived. · 

DOMESTIC USE. 

poor quality. The same. bed was once coked Evpry coal in Ohio is used for domestic purat I-Iappy Hollow in western Athens Coti.nty, poses and choice is largely a question. of market 

but the coal was dirty and high in sulphur, and conditions. The Sharon and Quakertown coals 

the coke could not be used where a first-class are most prized for this purpose of all the coals 

product was required. of Ohio, and they rank among the best in this 

The Pittsburgh coal has been coked on . a country. The Middle Kittanning coal has a 

large scale in Ohio, but the product is not equal large sale for this use. It is among the strongto that made in the vicinity of Connellsville, est of the Ohio coals and hence has relatively 

Pa., or along New River, W. Va. The coal little slack. It generates a large amount of 

·is too high in sulphur, but this difficulty might heat and carries only a moderate percentage of 

be overcome by washing. A dozen ovens were sulphur, but unless· the miners · are careful 

once in operation in the valley of Wheeling shale or clay may be loaded with coal, which 

Creek a few miles west of Bridgeport. Slack thus increases the ash and possibly forms 

coal only seems to have been used, but the clinker. The Pittsburgh coal also has a large 

marketfortheproductwassmall. NearUt1ey, market for domestic use. It is easily ignited, 

in northern Athens County, coke was made from makes a good heat, and is moderate in ash and 

the Pittsburgh coal. ·About 125 ovens were sulphur, but its tendency to. fuse and cut off 

built, but probably not more than 50 of them_ the draft .is objectionable. 

were used at any one time, and the last were· 

abandoned nearly 20 years ago. Lathrop, 

which is a few miles north of Utley, has 50 

ovens, but except possibly for a short period 

in 1907 or 1908 they have not been in use for 

many years. Slack coal was used at.Utley; the 

lump being thought too expensive. The coke 

is reported to have found a ready market in 

several large western cities, but the coal is too 

.high in sulphur to make first-class coke. 

GAS MAKING. 

Before the advent of natural gas various 

Ohio coals were used for gas making. Probably the coal from the Middle Kittanning bed 

had the most extensive market for this purpose, but this may have been due to its having been worked in a larger way than other 

Ohio coals.. The coal is high in volatile matter, 

but the residue makes a very poor coke, 

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• 

THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 87 

which of course operates against the bed. The great Middle Kittanning bed, noted for 

Probably the Pittsburgh coal is the best of· its regularity, shows· but slight changes from 

the large deposits of Ohio for making gas~ It Columbiana County southwestward to Ohio 

is high· in :volatile matter and makes better River. Its quality is shown in the following· 

coke than any other Ohio coal of a similar table: 

quantJty. When the natural gas supply in 

Ohio has failed, as it will in the near future, 

the better grades of Pittsburgh. coal will, in 

.all ptobabi~ty, find a large market for gas 

1naking. 

STEAM RAISING. 

Every coal in Ohio that has workable 

thickness under existing conditions is used for 

stean1 production, and whether one coal or 

another is used depends largely on the price. 

flowever, large purchaser~ are now taking 

into consideration the quality of the coal, and 

especially its heating value, sulphur, and ash. 

The following figures, tak.en almost wholly 

frmn the records of the Olrio Geologicril Survey, furnish data on these points-: 

Quality of Ohio coals .. 

Coal bed. A:sh. Sulphm:. n. t. u. 

-----------1----------

Clarion~l7 samples)' ........... 10. 8 4.33 11,950 

Lower· · ittannin~ (9 samples) .. 7.9 3. 26 12,580 

Middle Kittannmg (65 sam- pies) .................. -·--·- 7.4 3.30 12,560 

Upper FreeRort (17 samples) ... 9.0 2.54 12,870 

Pittsburgh 32 samples) ........ 9. 1 3. 81 12;560 

Pomeroy (6 samples) .......... 10.6 2.42 11,870 

Meigs Creek (19 samples).· ..... 11.6 4. 28. 12,240 

Quality of the .Middle Kittanning .coal bed jro~1· Columbiana 

. County southwestward to Ohio River. · 

County or field. Ash'. ·Sul- B. t. u. phur. 

Columbiana, Stark, Carroll, 

and Holmes ( 5 samples) ..... 6:8 2.51 12,900 Tuscar~was (16 samEles) ....... 7. 3 3. 85 12,800 

Coshocton (11 samp es) ........ 6. 8 3. 82 12,550 

Muskingum and northern 

·Perry (10 samples) ......... 8.4 3.72 12,310 

Hocking Valley (8 samples).:. 6. 2 1. 22 12,500 

Hocking Valley to·Ohio River 

(8 samples) .. ~ .............. 8. 2 3.21 12,430 

According to the figures given above, this 

coal has the highest heat value in· the no:r;theastern part of the State and decreases to .the 

southwest all the way. to Ohio River, except 

in the flocking Valley field, where this value 

is a little higher than in the adjacent areas on 

the north and south. The figures for the 

flocking Valley field .also show the lowest percentage of ash and a sulphur percentage l~ss 

than half that of the next lowest. 

The :Middle Kittanning coal has long had 

an extensive market for steam purposes. It 

is open burning and therefore does not cut 

off the draft. However, unless the shale 

IIowever, the composition of Ohio coals partings and pyrite are carefully sorted out, clinkers form, which reduce the draft and may vn,ries considerably from place to place and. ruin the grate bars. The coal is tough and 

in places from mine to nrine. Thus the Clarion strong and forms less slack than most Ohio 

~onl, which is important in only four counties coals. Its heat value is goo~l, and it is modin the southern part of the State, ranges in erate in both ash and sulphur. 

heat value (rejecting one sample taken from a The Upper Freeport coal shows a greater 

·weathered surfn,ce) from 11,130 to 12,530 B. t. u., range in quality than the Middle Kittanning, in sulphur from 2.81 to 6.14, and in ash fro~ as indicated below: · 6.2 to 15.3 per cent. This coal is high in both 

sulphur and ash, and its heat value is not so 

high as that of most Olrio coals. ·Nevertheless, 

it finds a market for steam generation, and this 

tnarket will doubtless improve as the better 

coals are worked out. The Lower Kittanning 

coal is n1ore regular. Its quality is best in 

the northeastern part of the State, as the 

tn,ble of analyses shows, but unfortunately its 

quantity is not large . 

Quality of the Upper Freeport coal. 

Counties. Ash. Sulphur. 

Guernsey and Noble (5 samples) 

Muskingum and Coshocton (4 

7. 8 3.01 

samples) .................... 7. 8 3.80 

Lawrence and Gallia _(8 sam- pies ......................... 10. 3 1. 62 

B.t.u. 

12, 720 

12,540 

11,710 

• 0 
88 TTlE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

The Upper Freeport coal is more distinctly 

a steam coal than ~ny other in Ohio. · In .fact, 

steam making is its one great use. It does not 

make a good coke, is too high in .sulphur for 

furnace use, arid forms too much slack for do.:. 

mestic purposes. · The coal from the Cambridge field is one of the best, viewed from _the 

standpoint of heating v~lue, and the sulphur 

and ash are not excessive. 

· As stated on the preceding page the Pittsburgh coal forms three distinct fields,· and the 

average quality of the coal in each field IS 

shown below: 

Q'uality of J_he Pittsburgh coal. 

ORIGINAL COAL CONTENT OF THE FIELDS. 

By FRANK R. CLARK. 

INTRODUCTION. 

The coal tonnage of any field is hard to ascertain and_ may be very differently estimated, 

even by geologists or engineers using the same 

set of. facts. The estimate herein made is 

based not on original field work by the author 

but on a careful study of the facts contained in 

the reports of the Ohio Geological Survey. · The 

writer's es~imate, 87,638,000,000 short tons, is 

so much higher than any heretofore published 

that it seems to require an explanation and a 

careful sta~ement as to it~ basis and of the manField. Ash. Sulphur. B. t. u. ner of its computation. 

Three. factors have contributed more or less 

3

. 71 ·

12, 780 to make the writer's estimate larger than that 

4.18 · 12,060 of ot~ers who have essayed to make an in4· 45 ll, 720 ventory of" the available coal of Ohio. These 

__________ \_ --- ---

Belmont (24 samples) ......... . Federal Creek (4 samples) ... :. Swan Creek ( 4 samples) ...... . 8. 8 

9. 5 

10.5 

___ ____: ______ .!..__ __ ~ _ _____!.___ factors are (1) the inclusion in the present estiThese analyses show that this coal deterio- mate of the to:p.nage of coal contained in beds 

rates toward the southwest: The Pittsburgh "below drainage level, (2) the fL--cing of a miniemil has a large market for ·steam' making for mum thickness considerably below· that which 

both locomotives and stationary boilers. It is now considered to be the limit of workability, 

is excellent for this purpose, th01igh its tend- and (3) the estimation of the original tonnaO'e 

ency to fuse in burning may reduce the draft. before. mining ·began rather than that which is 

·The Pomeroy coal is high in ash, averaging still available in the ground. Th~ estimates 

over 10 per cent, but it is lower in sulphur than made by the United States Geological Survey 

the Pittsburgh coal, and has fair heating power. are based on the principle that they should 

It also is well adapt_ed to. the generation of include all coal beds that· ever will be mined, 

steam. regardless of present mining conditions; conThe Meigs Creek coal, the highest strati- sequently beds below drainage level, unless 

graphically of the important beds n1 O]lio, they lie.at a-d~pth of 5,000 or 6,090 feet,· should 

ranks well in heating value, but it is high in be considered JUst as much as those exposed in 

both sulphur and ash and therefore is not the· outcrop, and thin beds should be included as 

equal of most other Ohio coals for steam well as thick beds, for sooner or later all will be 

production. required to help satisfy the world's demand 

BIBLIOGRAPHY. for fuel.. The· fixing of a minimum thickness 

G 

below that which is to-day conside.red the lin1i t 

eological Survey of Ohio: f 

Reports of progress for 1S69 (1871) and 1870 (

1871). 0 workability is of course open to question, 

Volume I (1873), II (1874), Ill (1878), v c

1884), VI but the minimum limit fi-xed, 14 inches, was 

(1888), and VII (maps) (1893). adopted for all high-rank coal after consicieraBulletins 7 (1905), 9 (1908), 17 (1912), and 20 (1916). tion of thin coal beds mined at present both in 

Geological map of Ohio (1909}. this country and abroad. Possibly beds even 

Ohio :Mining Journal, 1883 to 1898. thinner than 14 inches may be worked when 

Ohio State University Bulletin, volume 18, No. 32 (1914). all the thick beds have been exllausted. 

United States Geological Survey: . · . < 

Twenty-second Annual Report (1901)_. The estimate here given was made in 1912 i~ Bulletins 65 (1881), 290 (1906) and 349 (1908). connection with a computation of the coal re~ 

Folios 69 (1900) and 184 (1912r sources of the United States and was· first pub-

. Mineral Resources of United States (1882~1915). Ii~hed in the "Coal resources of the world" as a 

Umted States Bureau of Mines: Bulletins 22 (1913), 8!5 · (1914), andll9 (1916). . part of the proceedings of the Twelfth Interna-
) 

.J. 

THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 

tional Geological Congress at Ottawa, Canada, 

. in 1913. The ':figm·es given in that. report, 

93,967,9167000 sho1~t tons, have been somewhat 

modified on account of new information regarding the· absence of .coal where it was for 

merly supposed to be present 1 and by giving 

tonn~tge figures in round numbers to the nearest 

million. 

DATA ON WHICH ESTIMATES ARE BASED. 

1napped and (2) estimates of beds whose outcrops have not been mapped and whose areas 

had to be estimated from the facts recorded in 

the text. As the Lower Kittanning lies only 

a short distance below the Middle Kittanning, 

and the Lower Freeport only a short distance 

below the Upper Fre~port, the outcrops of each 

group were assumed to be essentially parallel. 

All the detailed sections of a particular coal 

bed were first averaged by townships. Then 

The data used in 1naking the estimate were all the.se township averages and the sections 

taken frotn the Geological Sqrvey of Ohio re- in adjoining township .of other counties were 

ports for 1869 and 1870 (two volumes), for 1873 again averaged to obtain the average thickness 

to 1893 (vols. 1 to 7, inclusive), and fr01n for "the county. The probable area underlu.in 

Coal Bulletin 9, 1908, Oil and Gas Bulletin 1, by the coal bed was carefully m,easured with 

1903, and Bulletin 20 (4th series), 1916. In a planimeter from the maps showing the coal 

ndc}.ition to the data in these reports .some in- outcrops. The part of t~e total area lying 

formation regarding the counties adjoining above drainage .level was taken directly from 

Ohio on the east was obtained from the reports the co31 maps, and the part lying below drainpublished by' the Geological Survey of Pennsyl- age level was esti1nated on the assumption (in 

vn.nin. and by that of West Virginia. the absence of definite measurements) that a 

Although the Ohio reports are voluminous, coal bed which is persistent along its outcrop 

1nuch of the material contained in them, es- ·and reasonably c.onstant in thickness will have 

pecially in the earlier ones, is indefinite, be-· approxim_ately 'the same average thickness because it does not indicate the exact locations of low drainage level that it has above that level. 

nJl the measured coal sections and because the In the absence of positive evidenc(;) that coal is 

maps do not show the outcrops of all the coal not present it,vas also assumed that a bed may 

beds. At the time these estim~tes were made extend below drainage level toward the center 

(1.91.2) the only maps available were .those (Nos. of the main coal basin at right angles- to the 

l to 10, inclusive) accon1panying volume 7 (Re- strike of the beds for a 'distance. equal to that 

ports for 1873-1.893) and two others in Bulle- through which it is known to ~xtend above 

tin 9. These 1naps show the position of the drainage level. Suoh an assumption, though 

base of the coal measures and the o'utcrops of altogether arbitrary, is at least reasonable and 

tho Middle Kittanning, Upper Freeport, Pitts- conservative. Conce~ning it. as well as the 

burgh, Porp.eroy, and Meigs Creek coal beds. other assumptions di:fferenees of opinion may 

They represent the probable area of the coal exist, because they can not be based on hard 

beds above drttinage level, but they do not show and fast rules. Obviously, however, there is 

how ftu· below d.rttinage any of the beds may ex- no good reason for assuming that coal beds 

tend. lying in relatively undisturbed areas are absent 

All dn.t11. obtained fro1n the various sources below drainage level simply because their presnamed regarding the thickness of the coal beds ence has not been proved by mining or drilling. 

(every recorded sect.ion being used), the regu- The making of an estimate where the.bed lies 

lar or irregular habit of any particular bed, and above drainage level is also attended with diffithe probable area underlain by each bed .were 9ulties, for here one must also assume that the 

properly tabulated under beds, townships, and coal is present or absent, and .if the former that 

counties. · - . . it eontinues at about the average thickness in 

METHODS OF COMPUTATION. 

The natm·e of the data makes it necessary to 

divide the work o~ computation in to two parts-

(1) estilntttes of beds :whose outcrops have been 

areas concerning which little or no inforrp.ation 

is available. -The determina.tion of the average· 

thickness of a coal bed as well as its areal extent 

was greatly facilitated at many points by records 

of deep borings published in the State reports. 

The coal beds which contribute more or less I 'l'hfs ZOllO of barren territor)' 01' "fault'' in the ]J()ckinj.! Valley coal 

neld tsshownfn J>i.JIIorthisreport.. · to the total coal of Ohio but which are not 
90 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

show'u in outcrop on any of the maps published specific gravity of about 1.3. This means that 

before 1912 are the .Sh~aron, Wellston (Quaker- an acre-foot of coal will weigh about 1,800 short. 

town) ,-Lower Mercer, Upper Mercer, Tionesta, tons and that. a square-mile-foot will weigh 

Brookville, Clarion, Wilgus, Brush .Greek (coals about 1,152,000 short tons. These figures mul7a and 7b ~), Jeffers, coal No. 10 (wanting in tiplied by the average thickness of the bed exPennsylvania), Waynesburg (coal No. 11), and p~essed in feet gives the tonnage of the coal bed 

Brownsville (coal No. 12). The determination under an acre or. a square mile of ground. 

of the probable areas underlain by each of these 

coal beds was very difficult and unsatisfactory. THE ESTIMATES. 

The areas were obtained with the aid of maps The following table gives the tonnage by beds 

showing the outcrop of the base of the coal and counties. The first column gives the 

measures, the outcrops of the more important name of the co.al bed; the second, the calcoal beds, the location of coal sections, the culated average thickness in feet and inches; 

records of deep borings, and references in the the third, the are~ in square miles considered 

text of the State reports. to contain the coal bed with .the average thickThe average thickness of each of the coal ness shown in column 2; the fourth,· the tons 

beds mentioned above in any unit of area (such per square mile _corresponding to each thickas the county, township, or less) was obtained ness given in column 2; the fifth, the product 

by averaging all the sections of coal affecting in round numbers to the nearest million of the 

any one unit area in the same manner as that :figures in columns 3 and 4; and the ~ixth, the 

described for the more important beds. sum of all figures in column 5. This table conWith the area and thickness of the coal bed tains the tonnage of 20 coal beds which condetermined the next step was to de.termine the tribute more or less to the fuel supply of the 

weight. Coal varies somewhat in weight, but State, and one or more of the beds is considered 

the average of most bit~inous coals with an· to be present in 31 counties in eastern Ohio. 

ash content of not more than 8 per cent has a 

Estimated coal tonnage by beds and counties. 

Athens County. 

! Tonnage for 

Average Area Tons Tonnage by beds 

N arne of coal bed. per s_~uat:e (in round num- all beds (in , thickness. (sq. mi.). m1 e. hers). round 

numbers). 

Ft. in. 

~i:~~rgh:::.·~--~:::::::::::::::::::::::::: :-::: 2 5 25 2, 784,000 70,000,000 l 4 2 115 4,800,000 552,000,000 

Upper· Freeport ......... , ...................... 4 0 330 4,608,000 1,521,000,000 

Lower Freeport ...... · .......................... 2 10 130 ·3, 264,000 424,000,000 r 218. ooo. 000 

Middle Kittanning .....................•....... 5 5 430 6,240,000 2,683,000,000 

Lower Kittanning ......... · .................... .2 0 420 2,304,000 968,000,000 

Belmont County. 

Waynesburg and Brownsville .................. 1 8 60 1,920,000 115,000,000 l . Coal No. 10 ............ . -: .................. ..... 3 4 130 3,840,000 499,000,000 

wi~~~::h~---~-----~::::_:·:: :::::::::: :·:::::::::::: 3 9 385 4,320,000 1,663,000,000 

4 11 475 5,664,000 2,690,000,000 ( 984, 000, 000 

Upper Freeport ........................... · .... 3 8 515 4,224,000 2, 175,'000, 000 

Lower Freeport ................................ 3 3 225 3,744,000 842,000,000 ~ 
T~J<::: COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 

Estinwted coal tonnage by beds and counties-Continued. 

Carroll County. 

--·---~-------- --,--

Tons Average Area Name of coal bed. thickness. (sq. mi.). 

' 

. 3rush Creek ("Harlem" coal No. 7b) ......... · .. . ] 

u 

:L~,e~~ i~~~~E~~t. ·. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 

M . .iddle Kittanning ............................ ] 

] ~~~~k"vt~~~~~~~~ ·. : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 

-

l3rush Creek .................................. Upper Freeport ............................... J.Jower li'reeport ................................ Middle Kittanning ............... : . ..... ·.· .... Lower Kittanning .................... · ......... Clarion ........................................ I .. ower Mercer .................... · ............. Sharon ................................. · ....... 

U Pc£er Freeport ............................... M!' dle Kittanning ............ , ............... J.Jower Kittanning ............................. Brookville .............................. · ...... 

Upper Mercer .................................. i{ 

J.Jower Mercer .. · ......................... : ..... Sharon ............... _ .......................... 

Ft. in . 1 5 15 

3 8 260 

3 1 250 

4 0 370 

2 9 370 

2 5 110 

Columblunu County. 

2 11 200 

4 4 245 

2 3 1'75 

2 6 430 

2 3 500 

3 3 120 

2 4 175 

2 0 30 

Coshocton County. 

3 0 5 

3 4 195 

3 2 195 

2 3 190 

6 8 2 

1 10 20 

2 0 35 

2 0 10 

· Galllu County. 

Pomeroy ................ , ...................... Pittsburgh ..................................... Jeffers ~ocal name for Pittsburgh) .............. Upper ' reeport ........................ · ....... J.Jower Freeport ................................ Middle Kittanning .................... · ........ 

~f;~ll~t-t~~~~ ~ : : : : : : : : : : : :·: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : . 

Pi 

Bt 

Up 

l~o 

M 

Lo 

Br 

Lo 

ttsburgh. _____ · _____ ... _____________ ~ _________ -I 

·ush Creek .................................... 

per Freeport ............................... { 

wer Freeport ................ , ............. I 

iddle ~ittam~ing .................. _. ........... wer K1ttannmg ............................... ookville ..... · ................................. \Ver 11ercer ................................... 

-

2 .5 90 

3 5 40 

3 7 90 

4 3 45 

2 l 30 

3 1 425 

2 4 300 

2 l 130 

Guernser County. 

·3 8 20 

2 0 300 

2 5 370 

5 10 40 

1 11 30 

2 11 360 

2 9 360 

2 5. 35 

2 2 40 I 

per sauare 

m1e. 

1,632,000 

4,224,000 

3,552,000 

4,608,000 

3,168,000 

2,784,000 

3,360,000 

4,992,000 

2,592,000 

2,880,000 

2,592,000 

3, 744,000 

2,688,000 

2,304,000 

3,456;ooo 

3,840,000 

3,648,000 

2,592,000 

7,680,000 

2,112,000 

2,304,000 

2,304,000 

2,784,000 

3,956,000 

4, l28,000 

4,896,000 

2,400,000 

3,552,000 

2,688,000 

2,400,000 

I '• 

4,224,000 

2,304,000 

2, 784,000 

'6, 720,000 

2,208,000 

3,360,000 

3,168,000 

2, 784,000 

2,496,000 

Tonnage by beds 

(in round n:um- hers). 

24,000,000 

1,098,000,000 

888,000,.000 . 1, 705, 000, 000 

1,172,000,000 

306,000,000 

672,000,000 

1,223,000,000 

454,000,000 

1,238,000,000 

1,296,000,000 

449,000,000 

470,000,000 

69,000,000 

17,000,000 

749,000,000 

711,000,000 

492,000,000 

. 15, 000, 000 

42,000,000 

81,000,000 

23,000,000 

251,000,000 

158,000,000 

372,000,000 

220,000,000 

72,000,000 

1,600,000,000 

806,000,000 

312,000,000 

84,000,000 

691,000,000 

1,030,000,000 

269,000,000 

66,000,000 

1,210,000,000 

1,140,000,000 

97,000,000 

100,000,000 

91 

Tonnage for 

all beds (in 

round 

numbers) .. 

-· I 

' 

5,193,000,000 

5,871,000,000 

2,130,000,000 

1 

( 791,000,000 

4,687,000,0 00 
92 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES. 

Estimated coal tonnage by beds and counties_-Continued. 

-

Name of coal bed. 

Coal No. 10 ...................... _·_ ........... Meigs Creek ................. .' ....... : ......... Pittsburgh ................................... ,. Brush Creek ________ , _____ ...... : ............... 

r~~:~ ~;::E~::~~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ -_ -_-_- .- ~ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 

Middle Kittanning .... ~ ........ _·_ .......... _ .... Lower,Kittanning ............................ -.-. 

Upper Freeport .. , .............................. · Lower Freeport ............................. . Middle Kittanning ...................... _ ..... __ Lower Kittanning .. , ........................... . Clmon .............. _ ......... __ . ~ . _ .... _ .. _ .. 

~[g~:~~~~~ ~ ~: ~ ~: : ~ -_ ·_ ·_· _- _-: : : : : : : :·: : : : : : : : : : :. : : ~: 

PJ>$:~ ~:;~:;: ~: ~: : ~ ~ _- _· _-. ·_ -_ ~ : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 

Middle Kittanning ..................... ·_ ....... . Lower Kittanning ............................. __ Brookville ..................................... . Tionesta ...................................... . 

rJ>$:~ ~=~~=~:: ~::::: _. _- ------~ ~:::::::::::::::::::: Quakertown ................................... ·_ . Sharon .................................. .' .. _ .. 

Upper Freeport .... ~ ...................... ~ ... _. Middle Kittanning ...... _ ..................... .. Lower Kittanning ........... _ ............. ·.: ... . Clarion ........................................ _ Brookville .................................. , .. . Tionesta ................................... · ... . Upper Mercer ................................. . Quakertown ............................... -.... . Sharon ....... : .... : . ................. , ..... . 

Coa1No.10------------·········--------------~ Pittsburgh .................................... . Brush Creek ................................... . Upper Freeport ............................... · .. Lower Freeport ............................... . Middle Kittanning ............................. . 

t~::~ ~~~~~---_·_·_·_·_-_·_·_·_-_-_-_-_- ~::::::::::::::: 

Harrison County. 

Average Area Tons 

per square thickness. (sq. mi.). mile. 

----

Ft. in. 

1 10 

4 2 

4 11 

2 5 

3 4 

3 0 

4 0 

3 0 

Hocking County. 

3 - 6 

3 4 

6 3 

2 3 

2 6 

2 0 

2 9 

1 4 

2 0 

Holmes County. 

3 4 

2 11 

2 0 

2 6 

3 2 

3 0 

2 0 

2 0 

Jackson County. 

5 2 

2 0 

2 11 

3 7 

2 0 

2 0 

1 4 

2 8 

2 7 

Jefferson County. 

30 

30 

110 

70 

295 

265 

315 

315 

10 

10 

. 40. 

45 

5 

10 

50 

20 

45 

2,112,000 

4,800,000 

5,664,000 

2,784,000 

3,840,000 

3,456,000 

4,608,000 

3,456,000 

4,032,000 

3,840,000 

7,200,000 

2,592,000 

2,880,000 

2,304,000 

3,168,000 

1,536,000 

2,304,000 

30 3, 840, 000 

30 3, 360, 000 

20 2, 304, 000 

5 2, 880,000 

40 3, 648~ 000 

80 3, 456, 000 

55 2, 304, 000 

50 2, 304, 000 

1 5,952,000 

40 2,304,000 

50 3,360,000 

80 4,128,000 

5 2,304,000 

5 . 2, 304,000 

10 1,536,GOO 

120 3,072,0::>~ 

40 2,976,000 

. 1 6 

4 11 

3 2 

3 5 

4 0 

2 8 

2 6 

2 7 

20 1, 728,000. 

110 5,664,000 

155 3,648,000 

130 3,936,000 

380 4,608,000 

395 3,072,000 

395 2,880,000 

50 2,976,000 

. -

Tonnage by beds 

(in roti.nd ntimhers). 

63,000,000 

144,000,000 

623,000,000 

195,000,000 

1,133,000,000 

916,000,000 

1,452,000,000 

1,089,000,000 

40,000,000 

38,000,000 

288,000,000 

117,000,000 

14,000,000 

23,000,000 

158,000,000. 

31,000,000 

104,000,00q 

115,000,000 

101,000,000 

46,000,000 

14,000,000 

146,000,000 

276,000,000 

127,000,000 

115, 00_0, 000 

6,000,000 

92,000,000' 

168,000,000 

330,000,000 

Tonnage fOl' 

all beds (in 

.round 

numbers). 

r I 615, ooo. 000 

813,000,000 

940,000,000 

12,000,000 1,123,000,000 

12,000,000 

15,000,000 

369,000,000 

119,000,000 

35,000,000 

623,000,COO 

565,000,000 

512,000,000 

1,751,000,000 

1,213,000,000 

1,138,000,000 

149,000,000 

l r 986, ooo. 000 

--------

--~ 
.. 

T'HE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 93 

Estimated coal tom~age by beds and connties-C~ntinued 

Lawrence County. 

-- --------------------------~------~--------~-------

Name of coal bed. 

Pomeroy ..................................... . Jeffers (local name for Pittsburgh) ............. . 

'fi1Et:::Eg:t::::: ::·:-:-:-:::::::::::::::::::: ~fiddle .!~ittam~ing ............................ . Lower luttanmng ............................. . Clarion ...•........... : ....................... . 'l'ionesta ...................................... . Upper Mercer .................. · ............... . 

Lower .l\{ercer ................................ ·I 

Sharon .................... · ................. .' .. 

. ----- ------ -·- -- --------- --~--

Middle Kittanning ............................. . :Lower Kittanning ............................ . Chu·ion .................................. · ...... . 

~~~,~:~ M:~:; ~ -_ -_ ·_-_-: ~: : : : : : : :-: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : 

Sharon ....................................... . 

Tons Average Area 

thickness. (sq. mi.).. per square mile. 

Ft. 1:n. 

2 5 

l 3 

2 .0 

3 3 

2 9 

2 .8 

2 7 

3 1 

1 8 

1 10 

Licking County. 

2 

2 

4 

0 

. Mahoning Cou~ty. 

2 

2 

3 

2 

2 

2 

(); 

4 

4 

4 

7 

5 

Medina County. 

40 2, 784, .000 

20 1, 440, 000 

75 2,034,000 

135 3, 744, 000 

40 3, 168, 000 

JOO 3,072,000 

200 2, 976, 000 

50 :~. 552, 000 

60 1, 920, 000 

120. 2, Jl2, 000 

5 

15 

70 

70 

50 

] 75 

50 

100 

2, 688,000 I 

2,304,000 

2,880,000 

2,688,000 

3,840,000 

2,688,000 

2,976,000 

2, 784,000 

Tonnage by beds 

(in round num- bers). 

Tonnage for 

all beds (in 

ronnel 

numbers) 

111, 29,000,000 000, 000 l .. 

173,000,000 

505,000,000 

127,000,000 

307,000,000 ]2,393,000,000 

595,000,000 

178,000,000 

115,000,000 

253,000,000 

13J 000, 000 } 35,000,000 48,000~000 

----·---------·-----------

202,000,000 

188,000,000 

192,000,000 

470,000,000 

1.49, 000, 000 

278,000,000 

1,479,000,000 

Sharon .................. , .. : ................. -I 3 ~-1-- ~0 1 3, 648, 000 1 _ 73, ooo. 000 1 7:3;000,000 

Porneroy .............................. : .. . ~ittsbu~gh ................. : .............. . .Lower 1! reeport ........................... . 1\{i.ddle Kittanning .................. : ....... . ]~ower Kittanning ........................ . Clarion ............................ · ....... . 

..... 

.... 

.... 

... 

...... 

----

Meigs Creek ................................ ·.· .. Pittsburgh .................................... . Upper Freeport ................................ . 

~~!~i~l~~;~::_:: ::: :_:_:_:_ ::: :::::::::::::: 

Lower 1! reeport ............................ . Middl"e Kittanning .......................... . Lower Kittanning ......................... . 

... 1 

... 

... 

... 

... 

... 

Meigs County. 

2 5 

3 4 

2 2 

3 9 

2 :3 

3 3 

----

. Monroe County. 

3 9 

4 0 

3 5 

Morgan County • 

3 8 

4 4 

·a 10 

2 3 

5 5 

2 '5 

100 2, 784,000 

45 3,840,000 

:30 2,496,000 

155 4,320,000 

155 2,592,000 

40 3, 744.' 000 

--· ---- ------ --

155 4, 320, 000 

320 4, 608, 000 

195 3, 936, 000 

85 4,224,000 

20 4,992,000 

395 4,416,000 

320 2,592,000 

400 6,240,000 

410 _2, 784,000 

.. 

278,000,000 

11,748,000 

173,000,000 

75,000,000 

670,000,000 

402,000,000 

150,000,000 

,000 

--- ---

670, 000, 000 l . 

1, 475, 000, 000 2, 913,000, 000 . 768,000,000 

359, 000, 000 l 

100,000,000 

l, 744,ooo,ooo 6 669 000 000 

829 000 000 J ' ' ' 2,496:ooo:ooo · 1,141,000,000 

I 
94 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED STATES.· 

Estimated coal tonnage by beds and counties:-Coritinued. 

Musklngum Co1inty. 

--

0 

Tons Tonnage by beds Tonnage for 

Name of coal bed. Average Area (in round num- all beds (in 

Pittsburgh ................. · .................... "Norwich" (coal No. 7b) ........................ "New Concord " (coal No. 7 a) ................... Upper Freeport ................................. ·Lower Freeport ................................ Middle Kittanning .............................. 

~~~~~t!~~~~~:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: Lower Mercer .................... · ............ Quakertown '(Wellston) ............ · ............. Sharon ................................... · ..... 

wi~~b~::~:.-.-. ·_ ~:: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Upper Fr~eport: ................ : ................ Middle Kittannmg ......................... ' ..... Lower Kittanning ............ ' .......... · ....... 

Upper Freeport ................................ Lower Freeport ................................ Middle Kittanning ..................... ~ ........ Lower Kittanning ............................. Clarion_. ............. : ......................... Tionesta ............................. ~ ........... Upper Mercer ..................•............... 

~rookville ............. · .................. : ... ·.I 

Lower Mercer ................................ . . Sharon .......................................... 1 

Clarion ....... ,, ........ · .......... : ....... · .... . Tionesta ...................................... . Upper Merc"er.: ............................... . 

Upper Fr~eport: . .' ................... · ........... , M1ddle Kittannmg .............................. 

1 

Lower Kittanning .............................. Brookville ...... : . ......... , ................... Lower Mercer .................................. 

~!':.~~----- ·.:::::::::::: :::: :::::::::::::: :J 

thick11ess. (sq. mi.r 

Ft. in. 

2 6 

2 2 

2 0 

4 1 

2 1 

3 5 

2 11 

2 0 

2 0 

2 0 

2 3 

Noble County. 

4 4 

3 9 

4 3 

2 3 

2 0 

Perry County. · 

4 10 

3 11 

6 1 

2 9 

1 5 

2 0 

1 7 

Portag~ County. 

4 . 6 

2 0 

2 2 

Scioto County. 

3 

1 

1 

7 

9 

9 

Stark County. 

2 9 

3 3 

3 3 

2 .7 

2 2' 

2 0 

3 2 

Summit County •. 

10 

10 

30 

300 

75 

415 

415 

15 

15' 

5 

5 

155 

5 

405 

30 

30 

60 

60 

120 

145 

80 

30 

20 

10 

10 

30 

10 

20 

15 

5 

10.0 

100 

150 

50 

20 

135 

per sauare 

m1 e. 

2,880,000 

2,496,000 

2,304,000 

4, 704,000 

2,400,000 

3,936,000 

3,360,000 

2,304,000 

·2, 304,000 

2,304,000 

2,592,000 

4,992,000 

4,320,000 

.4,896,000 

2,592,000 

2,304,000 

5,568,000 

4,512,000 

7,008,000 

3,168,000 

1,632,000 

2,304,000 

1, 824,000. 

5,184,000 

2,304,000 

2,496,000 

4,128,000 

2,016,000 

2,016,000 

3,168,000 

3,744,000 

3, 744,000 

2,976,000 

2,496,000 

2', 304,000 

3,648,000 

~:':.~~--.-.:::::::: : : ::: : : :: :::1 ~ g . l~g I ~:~:g:ggg I - --- . - - ~-- ---;--'--___ ....:._ ___ _,__ __ _ 

hers). round 

numbers). 

29,000,000 

25,000,000 

69,000,000 

1,411,000,000 

180,000,000 

1,633,000,000 4,836,0QO,OOO 

1,394,000,000 

35,000,000 

35,000,000 

12,000,000 . 13,000,000 

774,000,000 

}2, 926,000,000 

22,000,000 

1,983,000,000 

78,000,000 

69,000,000 

334,000,000 

f2,141,000,000 

271,000,000 

841,000,000 

459,000,000 

131,000,000 

69,000,000 

36,000,000 

52, 000, 000 l 

23,000,000 

75~000,000 

41, 000, 000 l 

60,000,000 

30,000,000 

150,000,000 

131,000,000 

16, ooo, ooo· 

)1,873,000,000 

374,000,000 

374,000,000 

446,000,000 

125,000,000 

46,000,000 

492,000,000 

86,000,000 } 456,000,000 542,000,000 

L 

I 

l... 
. ~ 

• 

· THE COAL FIELDS OF OHIO. 95 

Estim.(tted coal tonnage by beds and counties""""7""Continued. 

Trumbull County: 

·-

Tons Tonnage by beds Tonnage for 

Name of coal bed. I Average Area 

per s_Juare (in round num- all beds (in 

thickness. (sq. mi,). round . mi e . bers). numbers). 

-- + -----4-------- ~ 

Ft. in. 

Sharon ........................................ 2 0 10 2,304,000 23,000,000 23,000,000 

-- --- - ------ ---

Tuscarawas Co~nty. 

I 

.. 2 3 85 ~,592,000 220,000,000 

\3, 135, 000, 000 

.. 3 9 325 4,320,000 1,404,000,000 .. 2 11 325 3,360,000 1,092,000,000 

.. { 3 0 45 3, 4.56, 000 156,000,000 

2 5 65 2; 784,000 181,000,000 .. 2 3 - 25 2, 592,000 65,000,000 .. 3 0 5 3,456,000 17,000,000 

U pl)er Freeport ............................ . l\{:ic die Kittanning ......................... . Lower IGttanning .... : . .................... . 

Brookville .................... _. ............ . 

Tionesta .................................... . Upper :Mercer ....................... · ........ . 

Vinton County. 

.............................. 3 0 20 3,456,000 69,000,000 l ........................... 3 4 10 3,840,000 38,000,000 ............................... 3 6 115 4, 032, 000 464,000,000 ............................. 1 ll 115 2,208,000 254,000,000 ................................ 3 3 110 3, 744,000 412,000,000 .............................. 3 4 90 3,840,000 346,000,000 r 584. ooo. 000 ............................... 2 6 15 ?,880,000 43,000,000 ............................... 2 11 75 3,360,000 252,000,000 .............................. 2 11 130 3,360,000 437,000,000 ................................ 2 9 85 3, 168, 000 269,000,000 

Upper Freeport .............. . Lower Freeport .............. . l\liddle Kittam.iing ............. . Lower Kittanning ............ . Cla,rion ....................... . B rookv:ille ................... . Tionesta ........................ . Upper Mercer ................. . ]~ower Mercer ................ . Quakertown (Wellston) ........ . J 

---- -- Washington County. · 

4 0 

2 5 

3 2 

4 2 

Meigs Creek ................................ . ~ittsbt~~J~h .................................... . Upper .Lireeport .............................. . Middle IGttanni!1g ............................. . ~ 100 

120 

120 

440 

4, 608, ooo· 461, ooo, ooo } 

2, 784,000 334,000,000 3 345 000 000 

3, 648,000 . ~38,000,000 ' ' ' 

4, 800, "000 ' 2, .Ll2, 000, 000 . i 

Wayne County. 

Lower :Mercer ...... -........ -... -.... · ~-~ --~ ... ~ .. ·I 

Sharon ....................................... . 2 

4 ~I 30 . 2, 880, 000 

40 . 5, 376, 000 

Short tons. 

~eotal original tonnage in rolUld numbers of all beds in all countiqs ................................. 87, G38, 000, 000 

'.l'otal coal mined in Ohio to end of 1915 ..................... : .......................... ."..... . . . . 723, 956, 352 

Wasted :itl."nrinii'lg or rendered useless, estimated, in round numbers ................... :............ 362, 000, 000 

Amount remaining .and available, :in round numbers .................................. · ............. 86, 552, 000, 000 

The principal part of the totinage, according 

to this estin1ate, is contained in seven coal 

beds, the outcrops of which are shown on the 

coul n1aps described above.· These beds, in 

the order of their tonnage, are as follows: 

:M:icldle ICittanning, 22,926,000,000 tons; Upper 

Freeport, 16,732,000,000 tons; Lower IGttanning, 14,G74,000,000 tons; Lower Freeport, 

6,971,000,000 tons; Pittsburgh, 6,863,000,000 

tons; Meigs Creek, 4,071,000,000 tons; ancl 

Pomeroy, 710,000,000 tons. The total for these 

beds is 72,947,000,000 tons, or n1ore than 8:3 

73210°-17--5 

per cent of the total tonnage of the State. 

The first three beds contain 54,332,000,000 tons, 

or lUOre than 61 per cent of the total Coal of 

the State . 

Fro1n this showing it is evident that the total 

tonnage of those coal beds for which there are 

no outcrop maps is relatively small (only about 

1.7 per cent of the entire estimate), and even 

if some errors have been made in estimating 

their areas and average thicknesses such errors 

will not greatly affect the total tonnage. 

Furthermore, the Anthony, Bear Run, "Lost 
. 9.6 THE COAL FIELDS OF THE UNITED .STATES . 

Seam," Mahoning, Mason, and Vandusen coal 

beds, which are thin local bec.ls in the southern 

counties that are not jncluded in the figures, will· 

o tend to offset an overestimate of other beds. 

Recent detailed wo~k done in southern Ohio 

by the ·State Survey 1 niaterially affects the 

estimate for that area made in 1912. .The 

recent investigations tend to reduce the total 

tonnage, although for a few beds the area and 

thickness were increased. 

1 Ohio Geol. Survey Bull. 20, 1916 .. 

In the earlier reports certain beds ,\rere said 

to be persistent and of good thickness through- · 

out large areas, whereas recent detailed work 

in the southern counties shows that these beds 

vary in .thickness and are restricted to small 

areas. 'Therefore! if the earlier reports contain the same kind of error regarding the coal 

in other·parts of the State, the present estim~te 

may be too large, but any f1,1rther reduction is 

unwarranted until further detailed work is 

. completed. 

I 

"" 

·-~ 

.... 
.. .. ~ 

INDEX . 

• \. Ptige. 

Access to the coal fields ... : .. ........... : .. ....... :.. .. .. .. .. . .. . 36 

Aclmowlodgmonts for aid.. . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 

Adams '.l'ownship, coal in........................................ 79 

Aid ~l'ownship, coal in........................................... 60 

Alexander 'l'ownship, coal in ..................................... · 70 

Alledonia, coal mined near ....................................... 81, 82 

Alloghouy formation, sequence of bods in ......................... -12-·13 

~\mos 'l:ownshlp, coal in.......................................... 69 

Amsterdam, 'coal mined ncar. . . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. . . .. .. .. . 56 

Analyses of Ohio coals ........................................... 82-85 

Anderson coal bocl, description of. .................... :.. .. .. . .. . 62 

Anthony coal bod, omission of, from tonnage estimate ............ 95-96 

Arches in tho coal-bearing rocks ............... ·................... 36 

Athens Cotu1ty, 1-fiddlo Kittaruting coal in ....................... 52-55 

tonnage in ................................................ ·. . . 90 

Upper Freeport coal in ................................... .' ... 59-60 

Athens ~l'ownship, Athens'Cotmty, coal mined in ................ 52,60 

Jfurrlson Cotmty, coal mined in ........................... li7, 74, i5 

Aubmn ~I:ownship, coal mined in ................................ , 50 

Aurelius ~l'ownship, coal in ....................................... 78, i9 

13. 

Hamosvlllo, coal mined at ...... :.................................. .74 

Barton, coal at................................................... so Barton coal bod, description of................................... 62 

Boar Hun coal bed, omission of, from tonnngo estimate ........... 95-96 

Beaver 'l~ownship, coal mined in................................. (iS 

Bodford Township, Coshocton County, coal in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .n Licking County, coal in ..................... ·................. 41 

Meigs County, coal in ......••••........................... 70, i1, i2 

'l'uscarnwas.Count?, coal mined in........................... 44 

nollairo, coal mined near ................................... 6·1, 73 

Belmont andl~ocloral Crook fields, l'ittsburgh, coal between ...... '68-69 

Belmont coal field, general features of~ .... :...................... 63 

1nap of....................................................... 6-1 

'Belmont County, Meigs Creek coal in ............................ 73-i5 

Pittsburgh coal in ............................................ 63-65 

tonnngo in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • • • • • . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 

.Uniontown coal in ........................................... 80-81 

Washingtoncoalin.... ...................................... 82 

Waynesburg coal in.......................................... 81 

\Vaynosburg '',\"coal in..................................... 82 

'Bergholz, coal mined at.......................................... 56 

Berne 'l'ownship, coal in......................................... G9 

Bet hol1'ownship, coal mined in.................................. 80 

Bibliography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . • . . • • . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 

Bladon, coal mined near. . .. .. .. . . . . • . • .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. 70 

Bloom 'l'ownship, Morgan Com1ty, coal in ............ .'........... 68 

Scioto County, coal mined in ............................. -11-42, 46 

Hloomliold 'l'ownship, Jackson Catmty, coal mined in ... · ........ 41,46 

Hlno Rock ~I:ownship, coal in.................................... 62 

Bolivar, 'l'uscarn.wa.s Com1ty, coal minoa at...................... 42 

Bolivar coal, occurrence of....................................... 42 

Bowerston, coal near............................................. 58 

nrillia.nt, coal ntincd at .......................................... 5(), 66 

Bristol 'l'ownsltip, coal in ...................... ~ .............. 68, 77,78 

Broadwell, coal mined at ......................................... · 70 

Brookfield 'l'ownship, coal mined in .............................. i6-77 

Brookville coal, tonnage of. .................. : ............. !Jl, 92,9-1,95 

Brookville (No. 4) coal bed, description of ........................ 43--15 

Brown 'l'ownship, coal mined in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 

:Brownsville (No. 12) coal, tonnage of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 

Hmsh Crook coal, tonnage of. .................................... 91,92 · 

Brush Crock limestone member, of the Conemaugh formation 

near Dox'tor, plato showing ................... :....... GO 

Brush Creek 'l'ownship, coal minodln ...... , .................. 51,52,59 

Bnlf1llo Crook, coal mined on. . . . • .. . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . 62 

c. Page., 

Cadiz Township, coal ntined in ............................. ; .. 67, 68, 75· 

Caldwell, coal near............................................... 58 

Cmnbridgo, coal mined near ..................................... 51,58 

Cambridge coal, occurrence of.. . . .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . .. 58 

Cambridge coal field·, map of..................................... 58 

Canann Township, coal ln .................................... 52,53,54 

Canfield, coal mined ncar-........................................ 40,45 

Cnunel coal, occurrence of. ........................ ~ ......... -10, 41, 42, 45 

Canton, coal mined at. . . . . .. .. • . .. .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. . .. 43 

Carroll County, Barton coal in. _................................. 62 

Harlem coal in ... :........................................... 62 

Lower Kittanning coal in ................. ~................... 47 

Mahoniug coal in............................................. 61 

Middle Kittnnning coal in ....... •............................. . 50 

t01magein.. ..... ............................................ 91 

Upper Freeport coal in ....................................... 57-58 

Cari·ollton, coal near. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 

Center 'l'ownship, Guonisey County, coal in...................... 58 

Morg:m County, coal in...................................... 78 

Cheshire 'l'ownsltip, coal mined in................................ i2 

Clarion coal, analyses of.......................................... 82 

Clarion coal, quality of, for raising steam. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 

tmmage oL ....................... , ................. 91, 92, 93,9-1, 9-~ 

Clarion (No. 4a) coal bod, description of. ......................... .J5-17 

Clark, Frank R.'; computation of the original coal content of the 

fields by. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • • • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88-()6. 

Clark Township, coal in .......... , .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 51 

Clay, deposit of.................................................. 47 

Clay 'l'ownship, Gallia County, coal in........................... 70 

Muskingum Cotmty, coal in .................................. · 59 

'l'uscarawas Cotmty, coal mined in. . .. . .. . .. . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. . 50 

Clayton 'l'ownship, coal mined in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5t5 

Clinton Township, coal mined in................................ 44 

Coal No.10, tonnagooL ......................................... 90,92 

Coal Htm, coal mined at .. , .. . . .. .. .. .. . .. . .. .. . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. . . . 79· 

Coal 'l'ownship, Jackson Cotmty, coal mined in .... · ............... 39,40: 

Perry County, coal in........................................ 52 

Coke, use of coals for .......•.•.•.................. -17,56, 57, 59, 65, iO, 86 

Colerain 'l'owusltip, coal ilL ................................... G4., 73, 80 

Columbiana Cotmty, Clarion coal ~n.............................. •15 

Lower Kittanning coal in.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 

1-:l:allOJting coal in ................ :............................ Gl 

?l:l:ason coal in................................................ Gl 

?!fiddle Kittanning coal in .................................... •10-5() 

tonnage in ................................... : .... .'.......... 91 

Upper Freeport coal in....................................... 57 

Composition of Ohio coals ...•.................................... 82-85 

Condit, D. D., cited ........................................... G0,61,62 

Conemaugh formation, coal bods in ............................... 61-62 

rocks of ............•.......•.•........ , . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60-61 

Congo, coal mined near........................................... 53· 

(jon tent of the fields, basis of estimate of. ................... , . . . . . 88-89 

computation oL ....................................... 83-90,95-96 

data for estimate of........................................... 89 

Corning, coal mined near............... .. . .. . . . .. . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . 53 

quarry near, plate showing................................... 60 

Coshocton, coa.l mined near............... .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . 51 

Coshocton County, Brookville coal in. . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 

Lower Kittanning coal in:................................... 48 

Mercer coal in................................................ 41 

1.fiddle Kittanning coal ln .................. : . ................ • 51 

tonnage in .........•.•...•....•............................. : 91 

D. 

Danford, coal mined at........................................... 58 

Decatur 'l:ownship, coal mined in................................ 42 

Deerfield, coal mined near ....................... ·. . . .. .. . .. . .. .. .. 38 

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Dexter, Brush Creek limestone member of the Conemaugh formation near, plate showing ................................ ·.. . . . 60 

Dillonvale, coal mined at ..................... : ....... ·............ 66 

Domestic use of coals............................................. 86 

DoYer Township, coal mined in ............................... 52, 53, 59 

. Dunkard coal bed, character of.. ......... · ... : .................. .'. 82 

Dunkard group, coal beds of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 

sequence of beds in ........................................ : .. 81-82 

E. 

East Liverpool, coal mined at ...••.•... ~ ................. : .... ·19, 50,55 

East Palestine, coal mined at..................................... 57 

East Sp!)J"ta, coal mined near..................................... 43 

Eliza both 'l'ownship, Lawrence County, coal mined in ........... 42, 49 

Elk 'l'ownship, Noble County, coal mined in..................... 76 

Vinton County, coal mined· in .•.......................... 40, 41,44 

Enoch 'l'ownship, coal mined in ..•.................. ·.·............ 76 

Extent of the coal fields ....••••••••••...................... :. . . . . 35 

F. 

Fairfield Township, coal-mined in................................ 50 

"Fault," Jumbo, location of. .......... ~ ............ ·............. 52 

Fearing Tmvnship, coal in ...........•. :.......................... 79 

Federal Creek and Belmont fields, Pittsburgh coal between ...... 68..:69 

Federal Creek Held, Pittsburgh coal in ....... · .................... 69-70 

F~ley coal, occurrence of. ... ~ ....•..... :·........................ 61 

Flint Ridge, cannel coal, occurrence of........................... 41 

"Flint vein," occurrence oC: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 

Flushing Township, coal mined in ........ : ................ 64, 73, n,80 

Formations that bf)ar coal ...................... ·.................. 37 

Franklin Township, Coshocton Cmmty; coal i::J............... ... . . 51 

Monroe County, coal in ......... ;............................. 80 

Summit County, coal mined in............................... 38 

Furnaces, blast, ru;e of coals in ........... , ......... : ......... .'... 86 

G. 

Gallia County, Middle Kittanning coal in ....................... . 

Pomeroy coal in .................•....... .' ................... . 

tonnagem .................................................. . 

Wilgus coal in ......................................... -· .. · ... . 

Gas mal,ing, use of coals for; .................................... . 

German 'l'ownship, coal in ...................... · ................ . 

Germantown, coal at ................................. · ........... . 

G~en Roy, coal in ............................................... . 

Glencoe, coal mined nem: ................... ~ ............ : . ...... . 

Glenwood, coal mined at ........................................ . 

Goshen 'l'ownship, Belmont Cotmty, coal mined in .............. . 

'l'us~arawas County,·coal mined in .......................... . 

Green Township, Gallia County, coal in ......................... . 

Harrison Cotmty, coal in ..................................... . 

Hocking Cotmty, coal in .................................... . 

Green:::eld 'rownship, coal in ............................... : .... . 

GroiT coal, occurrence of. ............. : .......................... . 

Guernsey Cotmty, Anderson coal in ............................. . 

Lower Kittanning coal in .................................... . 

Meigs Creek coal in .................................. : ....... . 

Middle Kittanning coal in ................................... . 

Pittsburgh coal in ........................................... . 

tonnage in .................................................. . 

Upper Freeport-coal in ............... : ...................... . 

Guyan 'l'ownship; coal in ............................... : . ..... · .. 

H. 

Hamden Furnace, coal mined near ...•........................... 

Hamilton 'l'<nvnship, Jackson Cmmty, coal mined in ...... : ...... · 

Lawrence County, coal mined in ............................ : 

Hardy To\vnship, coal in ............................ : ........... . 

Har:em coal, tonnage of. ........................................ . 

Har:em coal bed, description of:. ...... : .......................... . 

Har:em SJ,?rings, coal mined at .... · ............................... . 

Harrison County, Anderson coal in .............................. . 

J:lar:em coal in ............................................. . 

~~~~~~;;~kc~~~~~:: ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~::::::::::::::::::::::: :·:::: 

tonnage in ........•.......................................... 

Uniontown coal in ............................ ! ............. . 

Harrison Township, Gallia Cmmty, coal mined in ....... ~ ....... . 

Muskiugum County, coal mined in ............ ~., ........... . 

Perry County, coal in ••••.................................... 

55 

72 

91 

61 

86-87 

68 

79 

40 

64,74 

62 

74,80 

50 

70 

67,68 

52 

55 

61 

62 

48 

80 

51 

68. 

91 

58-59 

70,71 

57 

H 

42 

41 

91 

62 

62 

62. 

62 

75 

(\7-68 

!!2 

80 

70,71 

51,52 

52 

l?age. 

Harr!sville, coal mined near ..................................... . 80 

Highland Township, coal ill.. ................................... . 51 

Hocking County, Brookville coal in ............................. . 44 

Lower Kittanning coal in ................................. .' .. 49 

Mercer coal in ..................... :· .......................... . 41 

Middle Kittanning coal in .......................... · ......... . 52-55 

~~~~~:t:~ ~~~1-~:::::::: ::::::·::::::::::::::::::::::::: ::: 40 

92 

Hocking Valley coal field, map of. .............................. . 52 

Middle Kittanning coal in ................... ·.· ....... : ....... . 52-55 

Holmes Cotrntj;, Lower Kittamting coal in ...................... . 48 

1\iercer coal in ................................................ . 40 

to~agein .................................................. . 

Homer To,vnsbip, coal in ........... : . .......................... . 92 

52,69 

Hopewell ~l'ownship, coal mined in .............................. . 41 

Horn coal, meaning of term:· .................................... . 48 

Howenstein, coal mined near ... · ................................. . 43. 

Hunter, coal mined near ........................................ . 81 

I. 

Iron making, use of coals for . .-... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86' 

Island Creek, coal mined on ... ·................................... 61 

J. 

Jackson, c~al mined at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 

Jackson Cotmty, Brookville coal in ............. :................. 44 

~~a::::;:;:~~ ~~~l·i~ ~:::::: :·:::::::::::::::::::::::::::: :~ Mercer coal in .... ·............................................ 41 

Middle Kittanning coal in.................................... 55 

production of coal in.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . 39 

Qua'ccrtown coal in .......... ·.· .............................. 39-40 

Sha:-on coal in ............................................. 37-:38,39 

Tionesta coal in.............................................. 42 

tonnage in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 

Upper Freeport coal in....................................... 60 

Jackson Hill coal bed. See Quakertown coal bed. 

Jackson Township, Coshocton County, coal in .... : ........ ."...... 51 

Noble County, coal mined in ........................ ,........ 77 

Jacl}sonville, coal mined at ................. ,..................... 59 

~acobsburg, coal ncar............................................. 81 

Jeffers coal, tonnage of. .......................................... 91,93 

Jefferson County, Harlem coal in ..................... :.: ...... ·... 62 

Lower Freeport coal in.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 

1. ower Kittanning coal in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 

Mahoning coal in ............ :............... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 

Middle Kittanning coal in.................................... 86 

Pi,ttsburgh coal in ......................... · ................... 65-67 

tonnage in ......................... · . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 

Jefferson Township, Coshocton County, coal mined in............ 41 

Jackson County, coal in ......................... ·............. 41 

Noble CoulltY, coal mined in................................. 76 

Tuscarawas County, coal mined in........................... 44 

Jollytown coal bed, character of.................................. 82 

Joy, coal mined near. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 

Jumbo fault, nature of..:.................................... 52 

Justus, coal mined at......................................... 43-44. 

K. 

Kim holton, coal near............................................. 48 

L. 

Lafayette 'l'ownship, coal mined· in .............................. . 

Lafferty, shaft mine at, plate showing ........................... . 

Lake Township, coal mined in ................ , ................. . 

Lathrop, coal mined at ........................................... . 

co~e made at ... ·.· ........................................... . 

Lawrence County, Brookville coal in ............................ . 

Clarion coal in ................. : ............................. . 

coals of the Allegheny formation in.· .......................... . 

I.c:>wcr Kittanning coal in ................................... . 

Mercer coal in .................................... · ....... , ... . 

Middle Kittanning coal in ... : ............................... . 

Pomeroy coai in ............................................. . 

Tionesta coal in ... · ...................................... : . .... . 

tonnage in .................................... : . ............ . 

Upper Freeport coal in ...................................... . 

'Vilgus coal in .......... · ..................................... . 

51 

56 

43 

69 

70 

45 

45-46 

42 

49 

42 

55 

72 

42 

93 

60 

61 

./. 

• 

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l~awrcnco Township, Stark County, coal mined in................ 38 

Page . 

Mon01:gahcla forma.tion, sequence of beds in ....... ·............... fi2 

Tuscarawas County, coal mined in........................... 42 Monroe County, Meigs Creek coal i11.............................. SO 

I.cctonla, coal mined ncar .................................... : . . . 45,4 7 T'ittsburgh coal in............................................ GS 

Lihcrty 'l'ownship, Jackson County, coal mined in............... 39 tonnage in ......................... :.......................... 93 

Washington County, coal mined in ........................... 69,79 

TAck Township, coal in ........................................... 39,41 

... Uninntown, coal in........................................... Sl 

'Vnshin~ton, coal in.'......................................... 82 

JAcking County, Mercer coal in................................... 41 Waynesburg, coal in.......................................... 81 

tonnage in................................................... 93 Monroe Furnace, Jackson County, coal mined at................. •12 

Lisbon, coal mine~! ncar .......................................... 45,55 1\fonroc Township, Carroll Count.y, coal in........................ i>S 

I"ittlc leo Creek, coal mined on ................... ·................ 57 Perry County, coal mined in .................................. :i2,59 

J,ocation of the coal fields ........................ ·................. :35 Moonvillc, coal mined at......................................... 55 

T"odi 'l'ownship, coal in........................................... 70 

l.ord, N. W., acknowlcdgmcntto .............................. :. :35 

l.orc Qity, coal ncar.............................................. 58 11 1 ost Scam" coal bed, omission of, from tonnage estimate ....... 95-96 

Morgan County, Audcrson coal in................................ G2 

Meigs Creek coal in ........................................ · ... 77-78 

tonnage in ........ :........................................... 93 

Mount Pleas::u1t Township,· coal in................................ (i(l 

l owcllvillc, coal mined ncar ........ -:............................. 38 

T,owcr Vrccport coal, analyses of................................. 84 

~ruskingum County, Anderson coal in ......... :.................. 62 

Brookville coal in .................... :. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . 44 

coke fro1n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56, 86 

tonnage of.. ............. : ........................ 90, 91, 92, 93, 94,95 

l"owcr Vrccport (No. 6a) coal bed, description of ................. 55-57 

T.owcr Kittanning coal, analyses of. .......... .'................... 83 

cokcfro1n .................................................... 47,86 

l.owcr Kittanning coal in..................................... ·18 

·~Ioigs Creek coal in........................................... so 

Mercer coal in ............................................... : 41 

Middle Kittanning coni in ........................... , ...... ' .. iil-1\2 

Pittsburgh coal in............................................ G8 

quality of, forraisingstcam.................................. 87 

. tonnage of. ....................................... 90, 91, 92, 93, 94,95 

tonnage in.................................................... 94 

upper Freeport coal in....................................... .59 

J"owcr .Kittanning (No.5) coal bed, description of. ............... 47-49 

T.owcr Mercer coal, tonnage or.' .......................... 91, 92, 93, 94,95 

]~ower N cw J.cxin!-,r't:on coal, occurrence of....... . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 

J,udlow 'l'ownship, coal mined in ................................. 69, 79 

N. 

New Berlin, coal mined ncar..................................... . 43 

' 1Ncw Concord" (No. 7a) coal, tonnage of~ .............. ._........ 94 

New Marshfield, coal in.......................................... 52 

M:. New Philadelphia, coal mined ncar............................... 50 

McArthur, Vinton County, coal mined ncar ................... 41,44,55 

Macksburg, coal mined at........................................ 78 

Madison 'l'ownship, Columbiana County, coal miricd in.. . . . . . . . . 61 

Jackson County, coal mined in............................... 46 

Muskingum County, coal mined in ........................... 51,52 

Mahoning block coal, occurrence of............................... 38 

Mahoning coal bed, description of. .................... :.......... Gl 

omission of, from tonnage estimate ................ ·. . . . . . . . . . . 95-90 

Mahoning County, Clarion coal in................................ 45 

coals of the Allegheny formation in...................... . . . . . 42 

1\fercer coal in................................................ 40 

tonnage in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 

Mahonlng sandstone ·member, quarry in, ncar Corning, plate 

showing .................... :......................... 60 

New Straitsville, coal mined ncar...................... . .. . . . .. . . 53 

Newberry, J. S., cited............................................ ·15 

Newcastle Township, coal mined in.............................. 4-1 

Newland coal, occurrence of...................................... 41 

Newton Township, coalmincd in .............................. 4S, lil, 59 

Nimishillcn Township, coal mined in ....................... :..... su 

Nineveh coal bed, character of. ... ~............................... 82 

Noble County, Anderson coal in.................................. G:t 

.M:cigs Creek coal in .................................... : ...... 7G-77 

Pittsburgh coal in............................................ fiS 

tonnage i11. .............. :.................................... . 94 

Norris coal, occurrr.nce of......................................... 59 

North Industry, coal mined ncar............................ .. .. . 43 

"Norwich" (No. 7b) coal, tonnage of............................. 9-t 

Maloga Township, coal in ..................................... ~.. 68 0. 

Manchester Township, coal mined in ............................. · 'ii 

Marion 'l'ownship, Morgan County, coal in ....................... .52,G9 

Noble County, coal mined in................................. 7G 

Martins Ferry, coal ncar.......................................... 82 

Muson coal bed, description of.. ........ : ................... ·...... Gl 

omission of, from tonnage estimate ........................... 95-96 

Moson Township, coni mined in ......... :........................ 72 

Massillon coal field, description of. ............................... 38-30 

Ohio, map of. ............................................... In pocket. 

Ohio UiYcr, coal mined in........................................ 75 

freight capacity of............................................ 36 

Ohio Township, conlin........ ........ ............ ... .. .......... 70 

Orton, Edward, acknowledgment to.............................. 35 

cited ................................................... :~~i,-17,.51,53 

Osnaburg Township, coal mined .nt............................ .. . .50 

Mead 'l'ownship, coal mined in ............................. 64-65,74-75 J.>. 

Medina County, tonnage in ........ · ................... ·............ 93 Palos, coal mined at.............................................. 59 

Mei{!S County, Pomeroy coal in ................. : ................. 71-72· Pease Township, coal mined in ................................... <i4, );U 

tonnagcin ...........................•........ : .............. 93 Perry County, nrook,•illc coal in................................. 44 

Meigs Creek coal,. analyses of...................................... 85 

q'uality of, for raising steam .................................. 87,88 

Lowcr.Freeport coalin ....................................... 5G-57 

Lower Kittanning roalin ..................................... 48-49 

tonnage of.. ......................................... 90, 92, 93, 9·!, 95 Middle Kittanning coal in .................................... li2-5.5 

Meigs Creek (No. 9) coal bed, description of .................... , . 72-80 1\t:ercer coal in ....... ~ ................................ · . . . . . . . . 41 

Meigs 'l'ownship, coal in .................. :....................... 80 tonnage in.................................................... !)4 

Mcigsvil\c Township, cooJ mined in .............................. 68,78 'Upper Freeport coal in....................................... 59 

Mercer (Nos. 3 and 3a) coal beds, description of. .................. 40-42 Perry Township, J,awrencc County, coal mined in ................ 49,55 

Middle Kittanning coal, analyses of.............................. !'3 Monroe County, coal mined in................................ SO 

cokcfrom . .' ................................ : ................. 86 l\f ush"i.ngum Conn ty, coal mined in.... . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 51 

gas fron1.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . R6 Pike Township, Perry Com1ty, coal minl'd in .................. 4R, 52,57 

quality of, for raising steam~................................. R7 Stark Cmmty, coal in ................................. :....... 47 

tonnage of ........................................ 93, 91, 92, 9:~, 9'!, 9.5 Pittsburgh coal, analyses of.. .................... : . ............... R4-85 

usc of, for iron malting ......................................... 54, SG coke from ............................................... r,:;, 70, 8fi, 87 

M.idrllc Kittanning (No. 6) coall)cd, dcscriptiqn of. ................ 4s-li.5 gasfrom ............................ ·.......................... 87 

Middle brunch, coal at;............................................ 43 quality of, for raising steam .................................. 87,88 

Midvale, coal mined ncar......................................... 58 

1\fill!lcld, coal mined at .............. : ............................ · 59 

strip pit on, plate showing ....... ,............................ 66 

stripping of, with a. steam shovel, plate showing .............. · Gf\ 

1\filton Township, coal mined in ........................• 39, 44, 46, 48,49 

1\fincral, coal in................................................... 52 

tonnage of.. ...................................... 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 9.5 

Pittsburgh (No. S) coal bell, description of ...................... · .. 62-71 

Mineral City, coal mined in ....................................... -17,48 

Mincrton, coal mincdin .......................................... ' 46 

shaft mine on, plate showing .••............................ :. 56 

Pleasant 'J'o,\rnship, co:il mined in................................ 57 

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Pomeroy, coal ruined ai. .................... : ...... :.. . . . . . . . . . . . 72 

Pomeroy coal, analyses oL........... . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . 85 

quality of, for raising steam ................................... 87, RS 

tonnage of. ..............••.•.•............................ 90, 91, 93 

Pomeroy coal field, map of.............. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 

Pomeroy (No. Sa) coal bed, description of .................. · ...... 71-72 

Portage County, Sharon coalin................................... 38 

tonnage in......................... .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !l4 

Pottsville formation, general section of............................ 37 

J>rodurtion of the coal fields. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 

Pultney Township, coal ruined in................................. 74 

Q. 

Quaker City, coal nertr.. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . ........................ .'. 68 

Quakertown coal, analysis of....................... . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 82 

tonnage of .......... , ............................... · ....... 92, 94,95 

usc of, for iron making........................................ 86 

Quakertown (No. 2) coal bed, description of. ...................... 39-40 

H. 

Range of the coals ....••.•....................................... : 85 

Ray, F. A., acknowledgment to ................. , ......... :...... 35 

llcdflcld, coal mined at............................... . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 

Rend ville, coal mined ncar .............. .-........... ~............ 53 

Rich Hill Township, coal in ...................................... 51, SO 

Richland Township, Delmont County, coal mined in............. 74 

Vinton County, coal mined ln .......................... ; ..... 41,42 

Rivers. See Streams. · · 

Hobbins ville, coal at............................................. 49 

Hockcamp, coal mined near..................... . . . . . .. . .. .. .. .. . 60 

Roger coa\, occurrence of. ........................ -~.............. 55 

"Hoostcr" coal, occurrence of. ... · .......... , .......... :.......... 53 

Rome Township, coal in.. . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . 69 

Hose Township, coal mined in .... : ...................... :.. . .. . . 50 

Hush Run, coal mined at. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 

Rutland, coal mined near........................................ 72 

s. St. Clairsville, coal mined near ......... :......................... 80 

Salem Township, coal mined in .................................. 69, 79 

Salineville, coal mined at.. .......... : .................. , ......... 57,61 

Upper Freeport coal bed at, plate showing ............... .'... 56 

Salisbury Township, coal in ............................. : ........ 71,72 

Salt Creek Township, coal in..................................... 62 

Salt Lick Township, coal in....................................... 52 

Sandy Township, Stark County, coal mined in. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 

Tuscarawas County, coal mined in ......................... :. 48 

Scioto County, Clarion coal in .................... .'............... 46 

Mercer coal in.~ .............................................. 41-42 

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Scipio Township, coal in......................................... 70 

Seneca Township, coal in........................................ so 

Sewickley coal bed, equivalent of................................. . 72 

Sharon coal, analyses of. .. . • . .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. . 82 

tonnage of.. .......................... · ............. :. 91, 92, 93, 94,95 

use of, for iron making .................... .- ............... 38, 39, 86 

Sharon (No. 1) coal bed, description of. .......................... 3~39 

Sharon Township, coal mined in................................. 77 

Shawnee, coal mined near. . . . • . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 

Sheridan, coal mined at ........................... ·............... 55 

Sherrodsville, coal mined at .................. :................... 58 

Short Creek Township, coal mined in .................... : ....... 67, 75 

Smith Township, coal in ... ·...................................... 74 

Smithfield ToWI;Jship, coal milled in ......................... ~..... 66 

Somermeier, E. E., acknowledgment to ... .'...................... 35 

Somerset Township, coal mined in ............................ 65, 75,.81 

Sonora, coal mined at ................................ , . . . . . . . . . . . 59 

Stark Count);, Brookville coal in ................................. 43-44 

coals of the Allegheny formation in.......................... 42 

Lower Ktttanning coal in.................................... ~7 

Mercer coalin ................. .' ......... -..................... 40 

Middle Kittanning coal in ............ :....................... 50 

Sharon coal in..... .. . .. .. .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 .. 33 

tonnage in ......................... ·. . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . . . . . . • 94 

Starr Township, coal in.......................................... 52 

Stauffer, C. R., acknowledgment to .................. :........... 35 

cited ......................................................... 81-82 

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Steam raising, use of coals for ...... _... . . .. .. . .. ................. 87-88 

Steubenville, coal mined at ...•........... Steubenville Shaft coal occurrence of.. ........................ .. 

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55,56 

56 

58 

76 

Stout, Wilbur, acknowledgment to .............................. . 35 

Streams, trenching of coal-bearing rocks by .................... : . . 36 

Strip coal, occurrence of · 

.strip pit on Pittsburgh ~~~i: ;l~t~· ~h~~~i~~~ :.::::::::::::::::::::: 

61 

66 

Stripping of Pittsburgh coal with a steam shovel, plate showing .. 66 

Structure of the coal fields........ . .. 

Sugar Creek Township, coal mined-in.:::::::::::·:::::::::::::::: 

36 

38 

Sunnncrfield, coal mined near .................................. . 76 

Summit County, Sharon coal in .................................. · 

tonnag«: in ...........•. , ................. .' ............. · ..... . 

38 

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Sunfish Creek; coal mined on .................................... . 81 

Swan Creek field, Pittsburgh coal in ............................. . 70-71 

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Temperanceville, coal mined at ............................... :.. 65 

Tionesta coal, tonnage of. .................................. 92, 93, 94,95 

Tionesta (No. 3b) coal bed, description of. ....................... · ·42 

'l'opography of the coal field~ .................................... 35-36 

Toronto, coal in.................................................. ·18 

Trimble Township,·coal mined in ...... · ....................... 52, 53,59 

Trumbull County, tonnage in~.............. . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. .. 95 

Trenching of coal-bear~ng rocks by streams....................... 36 

Tuscarawas County, Brookville coal in ......... ·.................. 44 

Lower Kittanning coal in .................................... 47--48 

Mercer coal in................................................ 40 

Middle Kittanning coal in .. ~ ..... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50-51 

Tionesta coal in ............................... : . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 · 

~=;~i~~~~-rt·~~~ii~::::::::::::: :::::::::: :·:.: ::::::::::::: ~~ Tuscarawas Township, coal mined in............... . . . . . . . .. . .. . . 38 

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Uhrichsville, coal mined ncar ............... · .................. ·.... 50 

Union Township, Delmont County, coal mined in ............. 64, 7-J,SO 

Morgan County, coal in.. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . 52 

Muskingum County, coal in .................................. 01, fi2 

Uniontown coal, analyses of....................................... 85 

Uniontown coal bed, description of. .............................. 80-81 

Upper Freeport coal, analyses of................................. 84 

cokefrom ................................. ··········-· .... 57,59,86 

quality of, for raising steam .................................. Si-88 

· tonnage of.. ................ · ........ · .............. 90, 91, 92, 93, !l4, 95 

Upper Freeport (No.7) coal bed, description of. .................. 57-:-60 

plate showing .............................. ~ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 

Upper Mercer coal, tonnage of.. ......................... 91, 92, 93, 94,95 

Upper Township, coal mined in .............................. · .... 42,49 

Utley, coke made at.............................................. 70 

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Valley Junction, coal mined near ................................ . 50 

Vandusen coal bed, omission of, from tonnage estimate .......... . \)5-\)l) 

. Vernon 'l'ownship, Scioto County, coal mined in ................ . 42 

Vinton 9ounty, Brookville ~oal in ....................... · ....... .. 

Clarion coal in .................................... : .......... . 

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Lower Kittatining coal in ................................... . 49 

Mercer coal-in ............................................... . 41 

Middle Klttanrung coal in ................................... . 55 

Quakertown coal in ......................................... . 40 

Tionesta coal in ............................. , ............... . 42 

tonnage in .................................................. . \)5 

Upper Freeport coal in ...................................... . 60 

Vinton Township, coal mlned in ............................... ;. 46 

Virginia Township, coal in ..................................... .. 51 

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Ward Township, coal mined in ................................... 52,53 

'Varrcn Township, Delmont County, coal in..................... 73 

J cifcrson County, coal in.. • .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . .. . . . . . .. . . .. . .. . 67 

W ~tr,wick Township, coal mined in.......... .. .. . .. . .. .. .. .. .. .. 51 

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Washington coal, l\Ilalysis of: ......... : ...................... ~... 85 

Washington coal bed, character of.. ................ :............. 82 

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\Vcbster block coal, occurrence of: ....................... ·........ 41 

"«rolls ton, coal mined nca~ ..... : ............................... :3\J, 40,46 . 

\Vashmgton "A" coal bed, character of'. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 Wellston coal bed. Sec Quakertown coal bed. 

\Yashington County, Meigs Creek coal in ................ : ........ 78-7\J West Point, coal mined at.. ...................... _............... 57 

tonnage in ............................. · .................. :.... 95 

· "rushington coal in ..•.. ~ •..................... ,.............. 82 

\Yhan coal, occurrence of......................................... 55 

Wheeling Township, coal in ........................ : ........... :. 73 

\Yashington 'l'ownship, Belmont County, coal mined in .......... (i5, 75 \Yhite-cap, occurrence of.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 

Hocking County, coali.n.. .. .. ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 

Jackson County, coal mined in ........ : .............. : ....... 30,41 

Lawrence County, coal mined in .......................... 42, 4H, 4!) 

\Vilgus coal, tonnage of. ....................... :................. 93 

Wilgus coal bed, description of .............................. :.... 61 

Wilkesville Township, coal mined in ................. : ........... 46, ~0 

"'ashingtonville, coal mined ncar ......................... ·....... 47 \Vindsor Township, coal in....................................... 78 

\Yaterford Township, coal in .................................. :.. 79 \Vinter's coal, occurrence of...................................... 44 

\Vatcrloo coal, occurrence of. ................................... :. GO Witch Hazel, coal mined at ...................................... · 67 

\Yntcrloo 'l'ownship, coal mined in ............................ 52,53, GO 

Wayne Co~mty, Sharon Ca<ll in................................... 38 

tonnage in .............................. : ... , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . !)5 

·wayne 'l'ownshlp, Belmont County, coal in...................... 75 

Y. 

York Township, Athens County, coal mined in ................ 52,59-60 

Belmont county, coal in ...................................... 65,75 

Muskingum County, coal in.................................. 59 

\Ynyncsburg coal, analyses of. ...... ,............................ 85 z. 

tonnage of. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 

Waynesburg coal bed, description of. ............... ·............. 81 

Waynesburg "A" coal bed, character of. ..................... .-. . . 82 

Zaleski, Vinton County, coal mined ncar ...................... 41, 44,55 

Zanesville, coal mined at; ...................................... 44,48,59 

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