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The bottom of the coal was concealed here, but, according 

 to Mr. Hughes, the thickness varies from 6^2 to 8 feet 

 throughout the mine. 



At the James Hitt Farm Mine (No. 76 on Map II), on the 

 southern branch of McCann Run, 1.6 miles southwest of 

 Lightburn, the coal has been mined at an elevation of 1345' B., 

 but the mine had fallen shut and its thickness was not ob- 

 tained. 



At Farm Mine No. 77 on Map II, on the head of Rush 

 Run, 1.7 miles southwest of Freemansburg, the coal had been 

 opened at an elevation of 1400' B., but the mine had fallen 

 shut. 



At the Peter Hull Farm Mine (No. 78 on Map II), on the 

 head of Fink Creek, 1.3 miles east of Church ville, the mine 

 showed a thickness of clean coal varying from 2' 10" to 3' 10' r , 

 at an elevation of 1020' B. 



At Churchville, on Fink Creek, the coal had been opened 

 and mined at the Morgan McCluster Farm Mine (No. 79 on 

 Map II), just south of the village, at an elevation of 922' L., 

 where the coal goes under drainage on the westward dip, but 

 the mine had fallen shut. 



The Alvin Douglass Farm Mine (No. 80 on Map II), on a 

 branch of Polk Creek, 0.9 mile north of Camden, at an eleva- 

 tion of 1257' B., had fallen shut, but, according to Mr. Doug- 

 lass, showed 4 feet of coal. 



The Will Jarvis Farm Mine (No. 81 on Map II), on Polk 

 Creek, 1.7 miles southeast of Camden, at an elevation of 1235' 

 B., had fallen' shut, but the Will Jarvis well (148), drilled on 

 the hill just above the opening, records 5 feet of coal. 



The Samuel Jarvis Farm Mine (No. 82 on Map II), on 

 Sassafras Run, 0.9 mile southeast of Camden, had fallen shut, 

 but the coal was reported 5 l / 2 feet thick, the elevation being 

 1245' B. 



The John Casey Farm Mine (No. 82 A on Map II), on 

 the head of Alum Fork, 2.4 miles northwest of Camden, had 

 fallen shut, but was reported by Mr. Casey as being 7 feet 

 thick, being at an elevation of 1080' B., and 45 feet, by hand 

 level, above an opening in the Pittsburgh Coal. 



