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kingum, Tuscarawas, and southern Carroll counties. The interval be- 

 tween the Crinoidal limestone and Coal No. 6 varies in Carroll county 

 from two hundred and fifty to less than one hundred and fifty ; in Guern- 

 sey, from two hundred and forty to two hundred ; and in Muskingum, 

 from two hundred and twenty-five to one hundred and eighty. The oppo- 

 site statement is true respecting the relations of the lower coals, as has 

 already been shown respecting Coals Nos. 4 and 6 in the report upon 

 Guernsey county. 



The coals in Union township are not much esteemed for manufactur- 

 ing purposes, and supplies are obtained mostly from Coal No. 8, in Bel- 

 mont county. 



SUMMARY. 



Coal is found in sufficient abundance for domestic use in nearly every por- 

 tion of the county north from the railroad, but of the numerous seams men- 

 tioned in the general section only Coal No. 6 is of persistent importance. 

 Each of the others is workable at some point, but is liable to such varia- 

 tions in thickness as to render it unworthy of general note. Coal No. 6 is 

 fully available along Wills Creek and the Muskingum River, where it is 

 within reach of transportation. Analj'ses from three townships show 

 the percentage of ash to vary from 1.6 to 1.9 per cent.; of sulphur, from 

 1.59 to 1.97 per cent. ; and the yield of fixed gas per pound from 3.7 to 3.8 

 cubic feet, while the coke in all cases is compact. One analysis from 

 Washington township shows a somewhat inferior coal, containing 3.02 

 per cent, of sulphur and an increase of ash. The coal throughout is an 

 excellent fuel, and the low proportion of sulphur makes its coke com- 

 paratively good for use in smelting iron. The gas from this coal is said 

 to be somewhat inferior in point of brilliancy. 



Iron. — The ores of this county are likely to prove of importance. They 

 * are of excellent quality, and are made the more available by the prox - 

 imity of good coking coal. It is not improbable that Coal No. 4, in Jackson 

 township, may be employed raw, as it does not cake, and contains less 

 than two per cent, of sulphur. In Washington township good ore is 

 found fifteen feet below Coal No. 6. In Jackson, Licking, and Muskingum 

 townships an ore bed is seen in conjunction with the chert above Coal No. 

 8, and the same was observed in Madison township. This is the horizon 

 to which belongs analysis No. 2, in Jackson township. Another bed 

 rests almost upon the Conglomerate in Jackson and Licking townships. 

 Analysis No. 1, in Jackson township, is of ore from this deposit. These 

 ores should be smelted at Frazeysburg and Irville or Nashport, as those 

 places are upon the Ohio Canal, by which coke and the richer ores could 

 be transported without difficulty. 



