GEOLOGY STEATA. 39 



By the minutes which I kept, I find that he made a verbal report as 

 follows, January 23, 1871 : — 



Mr. La Grange made a report of his operations in sections 17 and 22, with a rough dia- 

 gram of his views in regard to the different strata of coal in these sections ; also that 

 the thickest vein of coal through which the drill had passed in boring in section 22 

 was 2 feet 7 inches. 



On the 8th of February, 1871, he further reported — 



That he had put down a series of borings in different sections to determine whether 

 there were any large veins of coal to be found, and that he could find nothing thicker 

 than three feet, the veins found varying from one to three feet. 



That boring to the east of section 17, on section 22, he struck and passed through 

 six different veins, none over 2-J feet thick. 



He also stated— 



That the coal seemed softer than that found on section 17. 



That, in accordance with instructions, he had bored 51 feet on a section to the 

 southeast, finding five different veins of coal, the lowest being the thickest, and that 

 2| feet thick and softer than in section 17. 



That he had also prospected to the west of the shaft sunk by our company on sec- 

 tion 17, finding, at a depth of 27-J feet from the surface, a vein of good hard (for soft 

 coal) coal; and further prospecting seemed to determine the fact of a rise in said vein 

 to the west of two inches to the rod. 



He further stated — 



That he had thought it best, before cutting an incline (to shaft on section 17), to 

 test the character of the coal and the profitableness of working it, by chambering, 

 which had developed an inclination, or dip, eight inches in ten feet, which allowed 

 the water to follow the work, thus rendering this mine unprofitable. 



There seems to have been some convulsion of nature in that town- 

 ship, as will be seen from the fact that tbe Higley vein pitches in such 

 a way as to drain the mine, while at our shaft, not forty rods north, it 

 dips as stated. 



