586 COAL. 



the prospect did not reach the coal, and exposed only a little 

 black slate, along with a considerable amount of other refuse. 

 It was in this refuse, according to Mr. McCartney, that the 

 sample of lead was found. The sample of lead ore which the 

 writer secured was about 24" square, with the crystallization, 

 color and general appearance of Galena ore, and when an- 

 alyzed by Mr. Krak, proved to contain 83.88 per cent, of me- 

 tallic lead. The presence of small nuggets of lead ore in the 

 mountainous regions of West Virginia is not unknown but 

 such deposits are always in very limited quantity, usually in 

 connection with limestone and entirely too insignificant for 

 commercial exploitation. The nugget reported above was 

 most probably transported by some agency, human or other- 

 wise, to the location in question. 



W. H. Boggs Farm Mine No. 271 on Map II. 



On Right Fork of Little Kanawha River, in Hacker Valley District, 

 Webster; 0.4 mile southwest of Bois; Lower Kittanning Coal; eleva- 

 tion, 1505' B. 



Ft. In. 



Sandstone, massive, great pebbly cliff, Lower 

 Freeport 



Concealed 45 



Coal, visible 1' 6" 



Slate, dark, hard 2 



Coal 8 



Slate, black 1 6 



Coal (to pavement) 2 8 . . 8 4 



James Baker Farm Mine No. 272 on Map II. 



On Right Fork of Little Kanawha River, in Hacker Valley District, 

 Webster; 0.6 mile southeast of Bois; Lower Kittanning Coal; eleva- 

 tion, 1580' B. 



Slate, black 1 Q 



Coal 2' 6" 



Slate, black, bony 1 10 



Coal 9 



Slate, black 1 



Coal 5 



Slate, black, bony 3 



Coal (to pavement) 1 6 .. 7 4 



