﻿COAL 
  MEASUBES. 
  15 
  

  

  At 
  Athens 
  two 
  shafts 
  have 
  been 
  sunk. 
  The 
  first 
  one 
  was 
  located 
  

   in 
  the 
  creek 
  bottom 
  about 
  three-quarters 
  of 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  town, 
  and 
  is 
  

   155 
  feet 
  in 
  depth 
  to 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  coal. 
  This 
  shaft 
  was 
  sunk 
  in 
  

   1869, 
  and 
  was 
  worked 
  mainly 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  local 
  demand 
  for 
  fuel. 
  

   The 
  new 
  shaft 
  is 
  located 
  near 
  the 
  railroad, 
  and 
  is 
  227 
  feet 
  in 
  depth. 
  

   The 
  coal 
  averages 
  about 
  six 
  feet 
  in 
  thickness, 
  and 
  has 
  a 
  good 
  roof 
  

   of 
  black 
  slate 
  and 
  limestone. 
  Both 
  are 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  seam, 
  the 
  dif- 
  

   ference 
  in 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  the 
  shafts 
  resulting 
  from 
  the 
  higher 
  surface 
  

   level, 
  where 
  the 
  new 
  shaft 
  is 
  located. 
  I 
  visited 
  Athens 
  for 
  the 
  pur- 
  

   pose 
  of 
  obtaining 
  the 
  necessary 
  detailed 
  information 
  to 
  enable 
  me 
  

   to 
  report 
  in 
  full 
  upon 
  this 
  shaft, 
  but 
  found 
  no 
  record 
  available, 
  and 
  

   I 
  learned 
  that 
  if 
  such 
  a 
  record 
  had 
  been 
  kept, 
  it 
  was 
  not 
  in 
  the 
  

   possession 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  owners 
  of 
  the 
  mine. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  report 
  of 
  a 
  boring 
  for 
  coal 
  at 
  Virginia, 
  in 
  Cass 
  

   county,' 
  was 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Joseph 
  Wilson, 
  who 
  was 
  employed 
  

   by 
  the 
  parties 
  interested 
  to 
  superintend 
  the 
  work: 
  

  

  Ft. 
  In. 
  

  

  No. 
  1. 
  Soil 
  and 
  brown 
  clay... 
  7 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  Yellow 
  clay 
  2 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  3. 
  Blue 
  clay 
  29 
  8 
  

  

  No. 
  4. 
  Hardpan 
  28 
  

  

  No. 
  5. 
  Forest 
  bed 
  (ancient 
  soil) 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  6. 
  Hardpan 
  44 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  7. 
  Sandstone 
  71 
  11 
  

  

  No. 
  8. 
  Hardlimestone 
  1 
  l 
  

  

  No. 
  9. 
  Blackshale 
  2 
  6 
  

  

  No 
  10. 
  Olayshale 
  10 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  11. 
  CoalNo.2 
  3 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  12. 
  Fireclay 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  13. 
  Blackshale 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  14. 
  Clayshale 
  7 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  15. 
  Potter'sclay 
  13 
  

  

  No. 
  16. 
  Coal 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  17. 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  shale 
  6 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  18. 
  Coal 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  19. 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  shale 
  6 
  9 
  

  

  No. 
  20. 
  Coal 
  8 
  

  

  No. 
  21. 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  shale 
  10 
  4 
  

  

  No. 
  23. 
  Coal 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  23. 
  Sandstone 
  2 
  9 
  

  

  No. 
  24. 
  Coal 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  25. 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  shale 
  3 
  9 
  

  

  No. 
  26. 
  Clayshnle 
  4 
  

  

  No. 
  27. 
  Sandstone 
  7 
  5 
  

  

  No. 
  28. 
  Hard 
  silieious 
  rock 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  29. 
  Clayshale 
  2 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  30. 
  Hard 
  silieious 
  rock 
  3 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  31. 
  Hard 
  green 
  shale 
  2 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  32. 
  Limestone 
  9 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  33. 
  Sandstone- 
  1 
  8 
  

  

  