The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-09-14
Lvelyo Inoheg thIek and Of no possible

twelve inches thick and Of no possible
value.
Having thus disposed OF the portion Of
the series from No, up, We will now
turn our attention To- what is below. Be-
fore doing this, however, II is proper 70
state We will have to rely on the Heologi'
cal report OF the State OF Ohio for our
facts in reference to the lower Goals, aud
on the boripRs for gas in and around the
city as to whether they arc in place or
not. In placing our dependence on the
boriDgs It will be found We are no little at
sea, for in no case, so far as can be learn
ed, have any memoranda been preserved,
though In q number OF cases they were
taken at the time OF boring.
At the one at the Top mill four II no
more OF the lower seams were penetrated,
but at what depth is known OF but two,
and these 70 to show the seventh and
sixth are in place, leaving the place Of the
Others CoulecIural.
NUNDRR Z,
A rather cratic seam, owing to its cut
in many places; has its horisons al
about 4I0 feet below No, s, and is the
seam that is worked at Rush Run, and
wherever worked Is coal Of good quality
aud as 1t has an average thickness Ot i've
feet Is very valuable,
NUMBER 9
at distance OF some sixty feet below No
was here also In place, and was also
found in place at the boring at the works
Of the Central Glass Company and Rey'
mau's brewery. At all the places 1t was
thought to show thickness Of six feet
The geological reports give 1t general
average oil five feet, aud 1t Is perhaps the
most valuable OF all the GOALS Of the lower
measures, as it has great persistelCy, good
thickness, very low ash and sulphur, the
average OF ash not being over four and Q
half percent and less than two OF sulphur
No. 5 Is probably not present, as its homt
is but forty to fifty feet below No, Q, FOL
had 1t been in place, 1t is very likely We
would have heard something oltt
NUMBERS
| is more persistent coal towards the cas-
from its outCrOpings In Summit anC
Stark counties In Ohio than No, b, anC
when mined near the eastern line Of that
State 10 an excellent coal and II found II
place would be OF value.
Oithe remaining members OF tho series
1t isperhaps useless TO speculate, and only
two OF the tiye below No, 0 are known u
have been pierced, and all lie at suCt
depths as to bar their being worked until
all the Others arc worked out.
1t will be seen from the foregoing that
we have, without counting in either the
Redbank, Sswickly or any OF the loWei
Goals below No. o, twenty.three feet o.
! solid workable coal. All OF the uppel
coal veins here above the river are ac
ceaslble, very readily, while No. 0, which
does not exceed 800 feet below, would be
almost as oheaply reached as some Of the
upper seams OF the upper measure
Mining, even at the depth necessary tC
Get the best Goals here by shNftlng, would
be cheap, and small undertaking com
pared to the deep shaft mining In Eng
land, in Pennsylvania and in the eastern
part OF our own State.
Every acre Of these coal veins would
yield 65l ,222 bushela or 20, OlS tons. Alter
allowing one.third Of this for waste In
mining We still have 4i4,l45 bushels OF
II 1866 tons. When We consider the vast
moss Of the aggregate and the possibility