590 COAL. 



Probable Amount of Lower Kittanning Coal. 



Lewis County 



I i mckness | 

 i of Coal i 



I 

 Cubic Feet j Short Tons 



by Districts. | Assumed. isq.Mi.) Acres. | of Coal. | of Coal. 

 | Feet. |- | 



MINABLE COALS OF THE POTTSVILLE SERIES. 

 THE MERCER COAL. 



The Mercer (Stockton) Coal horizon is exposed in the 

 extreme southern end of Lewis but apparently has little value, 

 owing to its variable and slaty nature. Only a few openings 

 showed a probable minable thickness. Prospect No. 283 on 

 Map II, on Cherry Fork of Little Kanawha River, 0.9 mile 

 north of Ingo, where 2' 4" of coal was exposed, as described 

 under the description of the Pottsville Series in Chapter IX, 

 being one of these. 



The coal was once opened at Prospect No. 279 on Map II, 

 on Little Wildcat Run, 1 mile southwest of Bablin, at an 

 elevation of 1135' B., where it was locally called the "Eleven- 

 Foot Vein". 



A. B. Pickens Prospect No. 280 on Map II. 



At the mouth of Hacker Camp, 1.1 miles south of Bablin; Mercer 

 (Stockton) Coal; elevation, 1185' B. 



Ft. In. 



Sandstone 



Slate, black 1 2 



Coal 0' 3" 



Slate, black 8 



Coal (to pavement) 2 4 3 3 



The Mercer was once opened at Prospect No. 281 on Map 

 II, on the Right Fork of the Little Kanawha River, 0.3 mile 

 northwest of Cleveland, as shown in the section for Cleveland, 

 page 75, but the place had fallen shut and only a little coal 

 was visible on the dump. 



