164 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



Well No. 4. 



FT. I.V. 



1. Earth 4 



2. Yellow sandroc.k 3 



.3. Dark sbiile 2 C 



4. WMte sandstODe 7 



5. Dark shale 6 



6. Gray sandrock 11 



7. Darkshale 11 S 



8. Coal 10 



9. White rock 4 



10. Black shale 29 



11. Gray saudstoiie 4 (y 



12. Brown sandstone 7 5 



13. Coal , -. 4 4 



These borings are interesting from the number of altr-rnations of rock 

 which they exhibit, the absence of the Massillon sandstone — although it 

 is seen in place a little above on the west side of the river — and the un- 

 usual development of one of the thin coals over th(.' lower seam. Subse- 

 quent explorations have shown, hovrever, that this occupies but a lim- 

 ited area. 



At Fairview recent explorations prove that more coal exists than has 

 been heretofore supposed, and the probabilities a;e that good coal terri- 

 tory will be found stretching from this point south-east to the Tusca- 

 rawas Valley. 



No search for the lower coal ha.s been made, so far as I kno.w, in the 

 south-western portion of the county. The valley of Sugar Creek seems 

 to offer a good field for such examinations, as it is cut down to within a 

 hundred feet of the coal level over many square miles. The necessary 

 examinations could be accomplished here at comparatively little cost. 



1 subjoin a list of the principal mines in the Massillon coal district. 

 A detailed description of them would occupy too great a 'space in this re- 

 port. I also add analyses of the coal of difi'erent mines. 



Coal Mines a.nd Mining CoMrANiKS of JJassillon Distkh't, 

 Rhodes & Co. (old Willow Bank), daily production 4.'i0 tons. 



Khodes Coal Co., 



C. H. Clark & Co., 



Williamson Coal Co., 



The Ridgeway (J. P. Burton), 



Mashillou Coal Minini^ Co., 



Youngstown Coal Co., 



Crawl'ord Coal Co., 



Willow Bank (new), Henry Holtz, 



Buckeye, 



Kultou Coal Mining Co., 



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75 

 350 

 350 

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 300 

 100 

 150 



