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opened in many places for farm use, but as it usually carries 

 heavy slate partings and is seldom more than one or two feet 

 thick, if not absent from the measures entirely, it must be re- 

 garded as of no commercial value. The samples obtained for 

 analysis show that it is unusually high in volatile matter, but 

 also high in sulphur, making it unfit for smithing but fairly 

 good for domestic or steam coal. Such information as was 

 obtained from various openings is assembled in the following 

 pages, grouped by magisterial districts : 



Freemans Creek District, Lewis. Several openings were 

 observed in Freemans Creek District, one of which is as fol- 

 lows: 



Coal Opening No. 17 on Map II. 



On Isaacs Branch of Fink Creek, 1.4 miles southwest of Church- 

 ville; Uniontown Coal; elevation, 1080' B. 



Ft. In. 



Sandstone, massive, Uniontown 



Shale, gray 1 6 



Coal 2 



Slate 



P. R. Woofter Farm Mine No. 18 on Map II. 



On a branch of Fink Creek, 1.5 miles northwest of Churchville; 

 Uniontown Coal; elevation, 955' B. 



Ft. In. 



Sandstone, massive, coarse, buff, pebbly 30 



Shale, concealed, and sandstone, shaly 20 



Shale, gray 5 



Coal 1' 6%"] 



Slate, dark 0% }- 2 6 



Coal 11 J 



The Joseph Gum Farm Mine No. 19 on Map II situated 

 on the same branch as the Woofter opening, was noted under 

 the section for Churchville, published in Chapter IV. 



The Domineck Sweeney Prospect No. 20 on Map II lo- 

 cated on Fink Creek, 0.6 mile northeast of Dry Fork, at an 

 elevation of 850' B., had fallen shut but was reported by Mr. 

 Sweeney to have been 22" thick. 



