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Coal No. 6 only is mined here, as No. 5 yields a coal of too poor 

 quality to be marketable. Near this locality a cannel coal, probably 

 Coal No. 4, is seen in the bed of the creek, and is eighteen inches thick. 

 The two beds, 6 and 5, are seen on the property of Moses Robinson, and on 

 that of Messrs. Fisher and Mangold, near the Adamsville road. They are 

 each three and one-half feet thick, but the upper one alone is now 

 worked. No. 5 was formerly mined by stripping, on Mr. Moses Robin- 

 son's property, near the school-house. About eight miles north from 

 Zanesville, Mr. David Matthews mines Coal No. 6, which shows — ■ 



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1. Slatycoal 4-6 



a. Coal 3 4 



3. Clay .^. 2 



4. Coal 4 



4 2 



The coal above the parting is very pure and makes an excellent coke, 

 very compact and handsome. Two coking ovens were in use at the time 

 of examination, and two more were being built. Below the parting the 

 coal is very poor, and often two-thirds of it is pyrites. Streaks of pyrites 

 occur occasionally in, the coal above, but are very thin and not extensive. 

 Mr. Matthews ships about sixteen hundred tons per month. A specimen 

 of his coal yields the following : 



Specific gravity 1.318 



Moisture 3.10 



Volatile combustible matter 37.50 



Fixed carbon 56.50 



ABb 2.90 



Total 100.00 



Sulpbur 3.02 



Sulphur remainiug in coke 1.48 



Sulphur forming of the coke 2.49 



Fixed gas per pound, in cubic feet 3.56 



■ Character of coke Compact. 



Color of ash Fawn. 



A short distance further up the river, on the property of Mr. L. Mene- 

 fee, the following section was obtained : 



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1. Shale and sandstone, partly concealed 60 



2. CoalNo.6 3 6 



3. Fire-clay and shale 15 



4. Iron ore 3 



5. Shule 7 



