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plied fuel for the Crawford lumber and grain mill for many 

 years. The opening has now fallen shut but the writet once 

 crawled into the mine when but a small boy and can vouch 

 for the statement that the coal was about 2 feet thick. 



George Post Farm Mine No. 236 on Map II. 



On West Fork River, 0.6 mile southeast of Crawford; Bakerstown 

 Coal; elevation, 1180' B. 



Ft. In. 



1. Shale, sandy 



2. Coal, good 1' 5" 



3. Coal, bony 1 



4. Coal, good (to slate pave- 



ment) 9 , 2 3 



A sample was collected from Nos. 2 and 4 of section, the 

 composition of which is given under Mine No. 236 in the table 

 of coal analyses at the end of this Chapter. 



The coal was once opened at Mine No. 237 on Map II, 

 on the West Fork River, 0.7 mile southeast of Crawford, at 

 an elevation of 1150' B., but the mine had fallen shut. 



The A. M. McQuain Farm Mine (No. 238 on Map II), 

 on Wolfpen Run, 0.7 mile southeast of Wymer, had fallen 

 shut when examined but the coal was reported to have been 

 2 feet thick, its elevation being 1335' B. 



At Farm Mine No. 239 on Map II, on West Fork River, 

 0.5 mile east of Jewell, the coal was once opened at an eleva- 

 tion of 1394' L., as shown by the section for Jewell, page 71, 

 the mine being partly filled with water but showing a thick- 

 ness of about 2 feet. 



The coal was once opened at Farm Mine No. 240 on 

 Map II, on Right Fork, 0.7 mile south of W r alkersville, at an 

 elevation of 1105' L., but the place had fallen shut. 



At Farm Mine No. 241 on Map II, on Leatherbark Run, 

 2 miles southeast of Walkersville, the coal was once opened 

 at an elevation of 1195' B., but the mine had fallen shut. 



