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been worked for many years in connection with the overlying limestone ; 

 the limestone burned for lime, the coal sold to the inhabitants of the vil- 

 lage and surrounding country. The coal is here four to five feet in thick- 

 ness, in two benches, is quite bright and handsome, and makes a good 

 household and steam fuel. A specimen analyzed "by Prof Wormley had 

 the following composition : 



Wiiter ;;.2f. 



Volatile combustible 38.75 



Fixed carbon 55.05 



Ash 2.95 



Total 100.00 



Sulphur . . . l.To 



Coke Coi]i|);u-t. 



Color of ash White. 



Passing from Greentown to Canton, Coal No. 4 is seen at Berlin and 

 again at Ruthroff's mill. At Berlin the seaiji appears to be uniform in 

 character, from three to four feet in thickness, and of moderatt-, excel- 

 lence. At Ruthroff's mill it is divided into three benches, sei)arated by 

 fire-clay. They are said, however, to run together, and the coal to become 

 much thinner back in the hill. 



Near Canton, and along down the valley of the Nimishillen, both the 

 limestone seams are well shown. The upper is worked by Belden, Stof- 

 fer, and others, east of the town. It is of good thickness (about four feet), 

 but is, on the whole, rather slaty, and contains considerable sulphur. At 

 Browning's mill Coal No. 4 is six feet in thickness, but very slaty and 

 sulphurous. Between this point and Sparta, Coal No. 3 is si en in the 

 bed of the stream, rising and falling in waves above or below ihe water 

 line. It is usually not more than from twelve to eighteen inches in 

 thickness. 



Near Sandyville, Coal No. 4 has been worked by Mr. J. A. Saxton, and 

 here exhibits its usual variableness. Between th{.' Nimishillen and Tus- 

 carawas, in Pike and Bethlehem townships, the limestone coals are both 

 opened in a great number of localities, and are quite extensively mined 

 for local use. The coal which they here furnish is of fair qualjty, and 

 forms an important element in the resources of this section of ili*- county. 

 In the valley of the Sandy, Coal No. 4 lies near the level of tl.e slifam — 

 sometimes above, sometimes below — all the way to Minerva. At Kelly's 

 Point it lies just above the railroad, is a cannel of good quality, two and 

 a half feet in thickness. At the Trumbull Company's mines, nea' Mag- 

 nolia, it lies below the surface of the valley, but luis been reached in a 

 shaft and in numerous borings, three and a half to five feet thick, in two 



