The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1884-06-05
JACKSON STANDARD: JACKSON, OHIO THURSDAY JUNE

phorus and other impurities.
In the same hill and existing in al
ternating layers are thus found coal,
capable of moking coke, limestone
and iron ore-all the elements for the
manufacture of iron. Over part of
the field at least, [ feel warranted In
stating that it will be found practical
BILE to bring all three of these elements
out Of the same mine. Stone coal
iron can, under such circumstances, be
made cheaper than elsev h re in Ohio
and ought not to exceed cost of S11
to $12 per ton. The age of charcoal
iron for. which the red or crop ores t
this region were esl ecia ly adopted
has departed forever.
The limestone ores which have been
mined in this COUNT have been large
ly crop ores, won ty stripping the
alluvial cover of the outcrop and then
quartying them out in pen day after
the manner that sandstone is quarried
for building purposes. Crop ore Is
invariably hydro-peroxide or limonite
having become oxidized by the action
of the atmosphere; when followed in
the hill it changes to calcerous or
argillaceous carbonate. g.
The limonites or red ores do not re-
quire any skill to mine them; they
are more easily reduced in the furnace
and they also contain considerably
more metallic iron, and have on this
account been more eagerly mined than
the blue ores or carbonates.
Several beds Of iron ore which lie
between the limestone bed and the
Wellston coal, are mined to consid-
cradle extent in the county; they are
known as the Limestone Kidney, due
20 to 80 feet below the Limestone
ore; the Little Red Block, 20 to 40
feet below the Limestone Kidney; the
Rough or Sand Block, about 40 feet
below the Little Red Block and the
Blue Limestone ore, about 40 feet be-
low the Rough or Sand Block. The
Blue or Zoar limestone is due on this
latter horizon. These ores are gener-
ally mined by stripping.
With improved systems of mining
the carbonate ores Of the gray lime
stone bed can be mined as cheaply as
the stripped ore is now quarried out.
Ore to 10 inches thick worked on
the long wall system Of mining can be
successfully and proftably mined any
where in the Hanging Rock region:
The coal next in ascending order
above the Gray Limestone is called
Sandstone coal, from the fact that it
has very generally sandstone roof.
This seam is No. S of the Geological
Survey, and is the equivalent of the
New Castle coal Of Lawrence county,
in which county it has been mined,
near Hanging Rock and also near
Ironton, for 80 to 40 years. 1t is from
4 to 5 feet thick in jackson county
and contains a parting of fre-clay
near the bottom Of the bed as it does
in Lawrence county. 1t is bright
burning coal, adapted for house use,
for rolling mill purposes and for the
generation Of steam; but it contains
too much sulphur to be ranked as a
frst-class coal. 1t is used in all the
rolling mills of Lawrence county.
Sixty or seventy feet above the
gray limestone the Washington Fur
mace coal is met. This is the equiva-
lent of the great vein of the Hooking
Valley region-No. 6 of the Geologi-
cal Survey.
This seam of coal is net in two
benches in Jackson county, each bench
being about yard in thickness. The
parting Of the shale which divides the
benches ranges from a few inches to
five feet. The lower bench is a purer
and better coal than the upper stra-
tum, resembling in appearance the
lower part Of the great vein of the
Hooking Valley. At Washington
Furnace. Lawrence county, just across
the south line of Jackson county,
this coal is used in a raw state with
the most satisfactory results in what
was formerly a charcoal furnace.
This coal is only mined for local use
in jackson county, being at no point
accessible to railroads, but it is too
valuable seam to remain much long
er undeveloped. Its quality and chief
properties require only to be made
known to be fully appreciated.
The Lucas coal which lies 1657 feet
above the gray limestone, is homo
geneous bed to 6 feet in thickness.
This is the equivalent of the Balleys
Run coal of the Hooking Valley, the
Waterloo coal Of Symmes Creek, in
Lawrence county, No. Z Of Geological
Survey and Upper Freeport Of the
Pennsylvania nomenclature, IT is
due in the eastern townships Of the
county in all the hills. It cokes or
runs together in burning and properly
treated would make a good coke. -