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From this point to the southeast quarter of section 16, it has been worked 

 at intervals along the west bluff of the creek. At the latter place numerous 

 openings have been made and large quantities of coal taken out. The coal 

 here crops out of the bluff some ten or fifteen feet above the bed of the creek, 

 is four and a half feet thick, and has a two inch clay parting near the middle 

 of the seam. In township 14, range 7, section 28. this seam is worked at the 

 Bradford shaft, which is located on the east bank of East Fork, and near the 

 north line of the section. I am indebted to S. C. Francis, Esq., for the follow- 

 ing section of this shaft : 



FEET. IN. 



1. Yellow clay 3 



2. Limestone , 4 



3. Light colored clay 4 6 



4. Light colored clay shale . . . , 8 4 



5. Limestone 2 4 



6. Clay shale 9 10 



7. Coal 2 



8. Soft black slate 4 



9. Clay 4 5 



10. Sandstone 22 3 



11. Clay shale 6 



12. Limestone 4 



13. Light colored clay shale 6 



14. Green clay shale 2 4 



15. Dark colored clay shale 3 2 



16. Limestone, impure 1 6 



17. Dark colored clay shale 2 6 



18. Coal, with 3 inch clay parting 3 to 5 



" Horsebacks" or slips are very numerous in this mine, rendering the work- 

 ing of it quite expensive. 



Near the junction of East and West Forks, and in the northern part of sec- 

 tion 1, township 13, range 6, other shafts have been sunk. The shaft at Mo- 

 dena, in the southern part of section 1, furnished the following section : 



FT. IN. FT. IN. 



1. Drift, variable 



2. Sandstone, sometimes not present 1 



3. Blue clay 8 to 10 



4. Clay shale 12 to 14 



5. Impure blue limestone 2 



6. Coal 4 6 to 5 6 



West of this, in the northern part of section 4, this coal appears in the bed 

 of Jack creek, and has been worked a little. Farther down the creek, in sec- 

 tions 2, 11 and 12, it crops out along the stream, from eight to ten feet above 

 it. A number of mines have been opened at various points in these sections. 



