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one hundred and fifty feet lower in order to reach the horizon of the 

 Briar Hill coal. By attaching a drill to the machinery now standing at 

 the shaft, a boring could be made to the depth necessary to reach Coal 

 No. 1 with very little expense, and it is to be hoped that this exploration 

 will be attempted, since it might crown with success an enterprise upon 

 which much capital has been expended, and which, up to the present 

 time, has not been remunerative. 



Analyses of Coals, Clays, and Iron Ores from Colxjmbiana County. 



Analyses of Coals. 



No. 1. Whan or No. 5 Coal, New Lisbon Coal Co., New Lisbon, sent by H. C. Bowman. 



2. No. 3 Coal, top of C. H. Andrews's mine, above New Lisbon. 



3. " middle " . " 



4. " bottom " " 



5. Strip Vein, Salineville. (No. 7.) 



6. Big Vein, " lower bench. 



7. " " top 



8. Lowest seam (Roger's), Salineville. 



9. Dyke's coal, Middleton, top bench. 



10. " " lower bench. 



11. Achor coal, " 



12. " " 



13. Coal from W. Nelson's mine. New Lisbon. 



14. From William and John Burt's mine, 3 ft. 2 in., north-east ~ 



corner section 15, Middleton township. 



15. From Dnrk and Burson's (No. 6), 4 ft. 4 in., section 15, Mid- 



dleton township. 



16. From Isaac Dyke's (No. 6), 4 ft., section 22, Middleton town- 



ship. 



17. From Booth and Knight's, Hartford, 3 ft., section 13, Mid- 



dleton township. 



18. From Isaac Booth's mine, 3 ft. 6 in., center section 15, Mid- 



dleton township. 



19. From Carbon Hill Coal Co. (No. 6), section 25, Unity town- 



ship. 



20. From Joy, Eoot & Burnett's mine (No. 7), section 36, west 



half Unity township. 



21. Cannel coal, P. Y. Brown, Achor. 



22. Upper coal, bottom bench, Salem Shaft. (No. 4.) 



23. " top " " 



24. Bottom coal, Salem Shaft. (No. 3.) 



25. I. Milburn, bottom bench. New Chambersburg. (No. 6.) 



26. " top " " i< 



27. No. 6, Hanover Station, Euder's bank. (No. 6.) 



28. No. 1, J. Hayes, below Salineville. 



Specimens sent 

 by P.G. Brown, 

 of East Pales- 

 tine. 



