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The fireclay I may remark is an exact counterpart of 

 that under Coal No. 1 at Talmadge, and could not but be 

 one cause of the mistake. 



During a recent visit to Massillon I took some pains to 

 examine the evidence on this question, and with the kind 

 assistance of Mr. Everhard, visited all the spots where data 

 for its answer were attainable. 



At the Bridgeport bank I was unable to come to any 

 conclusion. The known irregularity of elevation and thick- 

 ness of No. 1 combined in the absence of any outcrop 

 or mine close by the spot to render it po.ssible that the two 

 might be identical. 



But on ascending the little valley on the west through 

 which the P. F. W. & C. Ry. gains access to the high ground 

 of the water-shed, facts came to light which enabled me to 

 decide the question. 



About one mile up this valley on the north side is the 

 entrance to an abandoned mine about 20 feet above the 

 water-level from which a considerable quantity of coal was 

 taken out some years ago, from a seam reaching at the 

 utmost a thickness of 8 feet, and showing the same rusty 

 appearance as that seen at the Bridgeport mine. There is 

 not the slightest reason to doubt the identity of the two 

 beds, though the workings did not meet underground. The 

 levels differ but little, both entrances being only a few feet 

 above the track of the P. F. W. & C. Ry., and the coal was 

 of the same quality as that at Bridgeport. 



Two hundred feet or thereabouts west of the opening 

 was a slope, which was reported to me by a man who had 

 worked in it, to have been 50 or 60 feet deep, and at its 

 bottom Coal No. 1 was found and mined for years. The 

 distinctness of the two coals was always recognized by the 

 miners in the valley, and the thinner one passed as the 

 Rider, implying its position above the Block Coal. 



It is obvious therefore, that near Massillon, there is 

 a workable coal seam about 30 feet or more above Coal 

 No. 1 with which it has been confounded in the Geology 

 of Ohio. Its extent I cannot at present give, but it is work- 



