MAHONING COUNTY. 811 



proximity of the basins in Milton and Palmyra, it would seem probable 

 that some valuable deposits would be found here. 



SMITH. 



The surface of the township lies high enough to include Coal No. 4, 

 and in some places No. 5 ; but it is nearly level, and the outcrops are 

 few. Coal has been worked on the Laughlin farm, east of Alliance, 

 and its northern outcrop. It is friable and contains much sulphur, is 

 about three and one-half feet thick, and is probably Coal No. 4. On 

 Rebecca Mathers's farm the same coal is worked by an entrance from the 

 southeast. The roof is shale, above which is the sand rock, but the hills 

 are only thirty feet higher than the coal, and the cover is sufficient to 

 protect it. On Jacob Wright's farm, near the foregoing, the second 

 seam of coal was formerly worked by a level near the bottom of the 

 valley, through which the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne Railroad runs. 

 This coal (No. 3a) is about three and one-half feet thick, but is reported 

 to be of rather inferior quality. 



GOSEBN. 



Coal is worked in the northwest corner of the township on the land of 

 C. Bowman. This is Coal No. 4, and of pretty good quality. The same 

 seam stretches under the highlands of some other parts of the township, 

 but has been little worked. It apparently deteriorates in quality toward 

 the west. Coals No. 3 and 3a may be reached by shafting at no great 

 depth, but whether they are thin as in Ellsworth, or thicker and purer 

 as at Alliance, can only be .determined by exploration. So far as known, 

 no boring has been done in this township for Coal No. 1, but as it has 

 been reached at Limaville, a few miles west of the county line, there is a 

 fair probability that some basins of it will be found here. 



QEKEN. 



This township is one of the most productive in coal of any in the 

 county, for Coal No. 4 here assumes its best phase, and is opened and 

 worked at a great number of localities. The surface is quite varied, and 

 the highest hills rise from seventy-five to one hundred feet above the 

 horizon of No. 4, while the next seam below is cut in the bottom of 

 the valley of the Little Beaver. The principal mining is done about 

 New Albany. The coal (No. 4) is here from three to three and one-half 

 feet thick, of very good quality, and is worked chiefly for the supply of 

 the town of Salem, where it is preferred to coal of the same seam taken 

 from the shaft in the village. The mines at New Albany are Stout's, 

 Wilson's, Gates's, Bonsall's, Pow's, Gordon's, and Brooks's. 



