The Coal Fields of Kansas. 



BV ERASMUS HAWORTH. 



Areal Extent of Coal Fields. 



The Geologic Position of the Coal Beds. 



The Cherolcee Shales. 



The Pleasanton Shales. 



The Thayer Shales. 



The Lawrence Shales. 



The Topeka Coal. 



The Osage City Shales. 

 Resume of Statigraphy of Coal. 

 Physical and Chemical Properties of Kansas Coals. 

 Commercial Value of Kansas Coals. 

 Probable Future of Coal Mining in Kansas, 



AREAL EXTENT OF COAL FIELDS. 



According to the Report of the State Mine Inspector for 1893, seven- 

 teen different counties in the state have produced coal in sufficient quan- 

 tity to be considered of commercial value. Five of these are located 

 west of the Coal Measure area and produce the brown coals or lig- 

 nite in small quantities. The remaining twelve are located in the 

 Coal Measures proper and are: — 



It will be seen that they are widely scattered over the eastern 

 part of the state. To this list a few names should be added to cor- 

 rectly represent the geographic extent of workable coal within the 

 state. The Report above referred to included only those counties in 

 which coal mining was actually conducted to a greater or less extent 

 during 1893 The extent of the coal, however, is not dependent upon 

 cheap freight rates por proximity to thicker and better veins, while 

 the markets and consequently the mining operations are. The fol- 

 lowing counties are known to have considerable coal in them and 

 should be added to the above list of twelve: 



Douglas, Lyon, Neosho, 



Flk, Montgomery, Wilson. 



(i97) KAN. UNIV. QUAR., VOL. Ill, NO. 4, APKIL, 1, 1895. 



