558 COAL. 



MINABLE COALS OF THE CONEMAUGH SERIES. 



THE ELK LICK COAL. 



The Elk Lick Coal, discussed previously in Chapter VII, 

 becomes of minable importance only in Skin Creek and Col- 

 lins Settlement Districts, Lewis. In the former, it has been 

 mined for local domestic fuel along Little Skin Creek in the 

 vicinity of Vandalia, and in the latter it was once mined com- 

 mercially at Emmart, on the Coal and Coke Railway, but the 

 mine has been abandoned. In parts of these two districts, the 

 coal attains a thickness of 5 to 6 feet, but the upper portion 

 of the seam is bony, having a percentage of ash too high for 

 commercial shipment. The lower half of the seam is good 

 coal. Figure 7 shows those regions where it is of possible 

 minable value. It should not be taken for granted that the 

 coal is good at every point within this area outlined as the 

 scale of the figure is too small to show local defects. The 

 openings described in the following pages are from the locali- 

 ties where it is of value and must serve as a guide for its in- 

 telligent exploitation. Map II shows the crop of the coal in 

 those regions where it is of possible minable value. 



Elk Lick Coal, Hackers Creek District, Lewis. 



In Hackers Creek District, the blossom of the Elk Lick 

 Coal was observed at several points but only at the following 

 place was it found in any thickness of consequence : 



Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Exposure No. 204 on Map II. 



On West Run, 2 miles south of Jane Lew; Elk Lick Coal; eleva- 

 tion, 1140' B. 



Ft. In. 



Shale 



Coal 1' 4"'" 



Shale, gray 1 



Coal 8 .. 2 1 



Fire clay shale, gray 12 



Limestone, gray, hard, silicious, Elk Lick 1 6 



Fire clay shale to grade 2 6 



