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Bull Creek and Little Beaver, in Columbiana county, and at Limaville, 

 near the south line of Portage county ; and it therefore seems probable that 

 important basins of this coal will be found in Mahoning, Columbiana, 

 and Portage, south of its line of outcrop. 



In Summit county Coal No. 1 underlies a considerable portion of 

 the townships of Tallmadge, Coventry, Franklin, and Greene. It also 

 reaches, in a narrow basin, so far into Medina county that its north- 

 western outcrop is within eight miles of Medina village. From Wads- 

 worth, Medina county, the western line of outcrop of Coal No. 1 pursues 

 nearly a southerly course to Fairview, in Wayne county, where it is 

 largely mined. At Clinton, Fulton, and Massillon, Coal No 1 has been 

 extensively worked for many years, and the mines in this vicinity sup- 

 ply a large amount of coal for the Cleveland market, as well as for iron- 

 making and other industries at home. 



In Summit and Stark counties this coal is generally more bituminous 

 than in the Mahoning valley, breaks more irregularly, and has less of 

 the block character. These physical differences are associated with a 

 slightly different chemical composition, as is shown by the table of 

 analyses. It is still, however, a very pure and highly esteemed coal. 

 It is used in the raw state in the furnaces at Massillon and Dover, with 

 satisfactory results; but from its inflammable character its combustion 

 is not quite so easily regulated as that of the Mahoning valley coal, and 

 somewhat more of it is required to smelt a ton of iron. As a household 

 fuel it has no superior, and is preferred by those who use it to every 

 other variety of coal, even to the best cannel. 



From Massillon to the Ohio river, along its line of outcrop, Coal No. 1 

 is, as a general rule, of little importance. It appears of workable thick- 

 ness at frequent intervals, but is usually thin, of inferior quality, and 

 often absent, or present as a mere trace. 



In Holmes county it is worked at Spencer's Mill, and at Mote's mine, 

 two miles north of Napoleon. It is in these localities 2 to 4 feet in 

 thickness, and of good quality. It is also opened at Crawford's mine, in 

 Coshocton county, where it appears well. 



In Jackson township, Muskingum county, north of Frazeysburgh, Coal 

 No. 1 is from 18 to 50 inches thick, open-burning, and of excellent 

 quality. 



In Madison township, Licking county, two miles south-east of Newark, 

 Coal No. 1 was formerly worked by Dr. Wilson. It is 30 inches in thick- 

 ness, and fairly good. Coal No. 2 and the Zoar limestone are in position 

 above it. South of this point its line of outcrop has not been carefully 

 traced, but it is apparently of no great value between Holmes and Jack- 



