53 6 COAL. 



as a gas-making coal would be wonderful. As the coal comes 

 from the mine, it is best adapted for domestic or steam fuel, 

 for both of which uses it is eminently fitted. 



Pittsburgh Coal, Hackers Creek District, Lewis. 



In Hackers Creek District, as shown by Map II, the 

 Pittsburgh Coal is almost entirely eroded from the hilltops 

 in the northwestern part along the Wolf Summit and Chestnut 

 Ridge Anticlines, but in the central and southwestern parts, 

 it crops above drainage along all the principal streams. It is 

 of present minable value only in that portion of the district 

 north of Jesse Run, next to the Harrison Line. South of 

 Jesse Run, the coal is nearly always present, but is usually 

 not much more than 1 foot thick, making its commercial ex- 

 ploitation possible only after the lapse of many generations 

 when the coal resources of West Virginia approach exhaus- 

 tion. 



The Pittsburgh Coal has been mined commercially at the 

 Kroger Gas Coal Company Mine (No. 126 on Map II), on 

 McKinney Run, ^ m ^ e southeast of McWhorter, where the 

 seam exhibits a total thickness of 5' 2", with partings, as 

 shown in detail in the section for McWhorter, page 46, its 

 elevation being 1384' B. 



The Edith Goodwin Prospect (No. 127 on Map II), on 

 a branch of Hackers Creek, 2 miles southeast of Jane Lew, 

 showed a thickness of 4' 0", but may not have represented the 

 whole seam, as the base was concealed by water. 



Fernando Waggoner Prospect No. 128 on Map II. 



On a branch of Hackers Creek, 1.6 miles northwest of Berlin; 

 Pittsburgh Coal; elevation, 1230' B. 



Ft. In. 



Limestone, yellow, Redstone 1 



Shale, dark 3 o 



Coal (to slate pavement) 2 10 



The coal was once opened at the Porter Maxwell Farm 

 Mine (No. 129 on Map II), on a branch of Sycamore Lick, 2.3 

 miles southwest of Jane Lew, where the mine had fallen shut, 

 but, according to A. J. Hardman, showed a thickness of 4*/> 



