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but all the analyses made show it to be high in ash and sul- 

 phur. This coal is under drainage in western Lewis and in 

 all of Gilmer, but its presence has been noted in numerous 

 oil and gas well records in this region, indicating that it has 

 a possible thickness of 2 or 3 feet in a considerable territory, 

 on which final judgment can be passed only after it has been 

 thoroughly core tested. Figure 8 shows its possible minable 

 extent, those regions where it is uncertain for lack of sufficient 

 information being shown by a patchy or broken line represen- 

 tation on the figure. 



Bakerstown Coal, Hackers Creek and Freemans Creek 

 Districts, Lewis. 



In Hackers Creek District, the Bakerstown Coal crops 

 only in a small region near Jackson Mill at the intersection 

 of the Chestnut Ridge and Wolf Summit Anticlines, and along 

 the West Fork River toward the Harrison Line where the lat- 

 ter uplift keeps it above drainage. 



At Exposure No. 227 on Map II, on the West Fork River, 

 at the mouth of Broad Run, at Lightburn, the coal is 1' 6" 

 thick, at an elevation of 995' B. 



At the Monongahela Valley Traction Co. Exposure (No. 



228 on Map II), on Sycamore Lick, 1.1 miles northeast of Jack- 

 son Mill, the coal shows a thickness of 1' 3", at an elevation 

 of 1005' B. 



At the A. J. Hardman Exposure (No. 228 A on Map II), 

 on Sycamore Lick, 1.3 miles northeast of Jackson Mill, the 

 coal has been mined by stripping along the run, at an eleva- 

 tion of 1010' B., and has a thickness of 1' 6", as shown by the 

 section for Jane Lew, page 47. 



At the Monongahela Valley Traction Co. Exposure (No. 



229 on Map II), on West Fork River, 0.4 mile south of Jack- 

 son Mill, the coal is 1' 10" thick, at an elevation of 1045' B. 



In Freemans Creek District, the Bakerstown Coal crops 

 along the West Fork River between Jackson Mill and Light- 

 burn, as shown on Map II, but apparently has not been pros- 

 pected, although its blossom is exposed at several points. 



