﻿COAL 
  MEASUEES. 
  

  

  11 
  

  

  Ft. 
  In. 
  

  

  No. 
  32. 
  Shale 
  2 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  33. 
  Limestone, 
  : 
  4 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  34. 
  Shale 
  2 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  35. 
  Limestone 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  36. 
  Dark 
  blue 
  shale 
  7 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  37. 
  Limestone 
  8 
  

  

  No.38. 
  Blaekslate 
  2 
  8 
  

  

  No. 
  39. 
  Coal 
  7 
  6 
  

  

  Total 
  depth 
  to 
  bottom 
  of 
  coal 
  421 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  3 
  of 
  this 
  shaft 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  the 
  Shoal 
  creek 
  limestone, 
  and 
  

   the 
  coal 
  is 
  here 
  about 
  370 
  feet 
  below 
  it, 
  which 
  corresponds 
  very 
  

   nearly 
  with 
  its 
  position 
  in 
  the 
  Sandoval 
  shaft, 
  if 
  the 
  coal 
  at 
  these 
  

   two 
  points 
  is 
  identical, 
  as 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  case. 
  

  

  A 
  shaft 
  has 
  been 
  sunk 
  at 
  Okawville 
  by 
  Shulze 
  & 
  Brother, 
  and 
  

   an 
  irregular 
  seam 
  of 
  very 
  good 
  coal 
  was 
  reached 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  about 
  

   276 
  feet. 
  This 
  shaft 
  commences 
  below 
  the 
  horizon 
  of 
  the 
  Shoal 
  

   creek 
  limestone, 
  but 
  as 
  no 
  detailed 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  beds 
  passed 
  through 
  

   was 
  made, 
  no 
  satisfactory 
  conclusion 
  could 
  be 
  formed 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  po- 
  

   sition 
  of 
  this 
  seam 
  in 
  relation 
  to 
  that 
  found 
  at 
  Nashville 
  and 
  San- 
  

   doval. 
  It 
  undoubtedly 
  holds 
  a 
  higher 
  position, 
  and 
  that 
  seam 
  may 
  

   probably 
  be 
  found 
  here 
  by 
  carrying 
  the 
  shaft 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  proper 
  

   depth. 
  If 
  an 
  accurate 
  record 
  of 
  the 
  strata 
  passed 
  through 
  had 
  been 
  

   kept, 
  some 
  estimate 
  of 
  the 
  additional 
  depth 
  required 
  to 
  reach 
  a 
  bet- 
  

   ter 
  seam 
  might 
  be 
  given, 
  but 
  without 
  it 
  the 
  question 
  can 
  only 
  be 
  

   settled 
  by 
  actual 
  experiment. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  record 
  of 
  a 
  boring 
  near 
  Winchester 
  in 
  Scott 
  county, 
  

   made 
  by 
  the 
  Manchester 
  Mining 
  Co., 
  under 
  the 
  direction 
  of 
  Mr. 
  C 
  

   K. 
  Darling, 
  was 
  furnished 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  C. 
  Andrus. 
  Manchester 
  is 
  

   located 
  near 
  the 
  western 
  borders 
  of 
  the 
  Illinois 
  coal 
  field, 
  and 
  hence 
  

   only 
  about 
  120 
  feet 
  of 
  Coal 
  Measure 
  strata 
  were 
  found, 
  including 
  the 
  

   horizon 
  of 
  coals 
  No. 
  1 
  and 
  2, 
  neither 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  thick 
  enough 
  

   to 
  be 
  of 
  any 
  practical 
  value 
  for 
  deep 
  mining: 
  

  

  Feet. 
  

  

  No. 
  1. 
  Soil, 
  clay 
  and 
  gravel 
  59 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  Fire-clay? 
  7 
  

  

  No. 
  3. 
  Slaty 
  coal, 
  (local) 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  4, 
  Clayshale 
  lit 
  

  

  No. 
  5. 
  Sandstone 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  6. 
  Coal 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  7. 
  Hard 
  sandstone 
  7 
  

  

  No. 
  8. 
  Clay 
  shale 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  9, 
  Limestone 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  10. 
  Soapstone 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  11. 
  Sandstone 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  12. 
  Clayshale 
  12 
  

  

  