PIKE COUNTY. 633 



two townships south of the last named, viz., in Marion and Union town- 

 ships. 



The lower coal seam has been worked for several years in the neigh- 

 borhood of California, in section 33, Marion township. The coal is some- 

 what slaty in parts of the seam, but answers very well for household use. 

 It measures twenty-one inches to twenty- four inches at the only opening 

 now worked. It rests on a heavy ledge of very coarse conglomerate, and 

 is situated in all respects like the outcrops of Jackson township. 



The same seam has been worked three miles to the north west of this 

 point, on the farm of John Feesor, in section 19, Union township. This 

 is the westernmost outcrop of coal thus far recorded in the State. It is, 

 in fact, west of the line which the Scioto River reaches in its excursion 

 to the eastward in the northern part of the county. If a similar deflec- 

 tion of the river had chanced to take place at this point, coal would have 

 been found on the west side of this great boundary — the Scioto River. 



Analyses of the coal furnished by the last named townships are here 

 added. The first is the California coal, from A. Hendricks's bank ; the 

 second is from Feesor's bank, Union township : 



Specific gravity 1.327 1.378 



Moisture v 8.70 7.10 



Ash ' 4.20 6.80 



Volatile combustible matter 28.30 29.50 



Fixed carbon 58.80 56.60 



100.00 100.00 



Sulphur 0.74 0.46 



left in coke 0.27 0.27 



" forming per cent, of coke 0.42 0.42 



Gas per lb. to cubic feet 3.64 3.24 



4 s h Yellow Yellow 



Coke Pulverulent Pulverulent 



A brief summary of the facts in regard t» coal in Pike county will be 

 here given. 



The lower seam has been found and worked in three townships of the 

 county. The seam has a general thickness of two feet. The quality 

 of the coal is certainly fair. It is nearly free from sulphur, but has a 

 larger percentage of ash than is found in coals of the first quality. 

 This fact is not, however, shown in the analyses above given. It 

 is by no means certain that the seam extends uninterruptedly between 

 even the nearest outcrops. The lower coal seam is known to be every 

 where capricious, suddenly thinning out and disappearing; but observa- 



