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and in confirmation of this Dr. Pearce informed me that he had a well 

 dug some years ago in the bottoms on the west side of the town, which 

 struck a bed of coal at the depth of eighteen feet. Plenty of water 

 was obtained, but it was so contaminated with sulphurous salts from 

 the coal that it was considered unhealthy, and the well was filled up, 

 without previously testing the thickness of the coal. 



One mile west of Harrisburg, on Mr. Dove's farm, a coal was drilled 

 into at the depth of twenty-one feet; but here again nothing was ascer- 

 tained in regard to its thickness. It is possible that immediately around 

 Harrisburg, to the north and west, coal No. 7 will prove to be only a 

 thin seam. However, at Mr. Warfield's, six miles north-west of the 

 town, on sec. 10 or 11, T. 9, E. 5, there is an outcrop of coal in the bank 

 of Bankston creek, which is reported to be four to five feet thick. This 

 must be No. 7, for though I was unable to see the coal, on accouu t of 

 high water, the sandstone, which lies above it, was traced from Harris- 

 burg to the north-western corner of the county. 



The thick beds of coal, in this county, arc found in the south-wester n 

 part, chiefly between the South fork of Saline river and the parallel of 

 township S. One and a half miles south-east of Harrisburg, on see. 26, 

 T. 9, E. 6, the first place at which coal No. 7 is seen west of the middle 

 fork of Saline river, is at Mr. Ingram's mine, being readily recognized 

 by all the peculiar features characterizing that bed at Equality, and at 

 the other localities referred to in the report on Gallatin county, namely : 

 a limestone above the shale roof, a thin band of bisulphide of iron 

 nearest to the top of the coal, and a parting of clay nearest to the bot- 

 tom of it. 



At Ingram's mine No. 7 is five to six feet thick. The entry from 

 which the coal is mined runs with the dip of the strata, which prevents 

 the outward drain of the percolating water, and the mine is consequently 

 wet and disagreeable to the workmen. This inconvenience can readily 

 be avoided by a small expenditure in opening another entry on the north 

 side of the hill, where the drift may be carried along the rise of the 

 strata, and thus secure a natural drainage. 



Section taken at Ingram's mine — dip 3° east of north : 



Ft. 



Soil and drift 10 



Thin-bedded, soft sandstone 20 



Gray limestone 8 to 10 



Coal, No. 7.. 5 to 6 



Covered slope 5 



High-water, middle fork of Saline river. 



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One mile west of Ingram's mine, on sec. 27, T. 9, E. 6, Mr. Norman 

 is mining No. 7 coal, both by stripping and drifting, on opposite sides 

 of the hill. The coal here has about the same thickness as at the former 

 mine, with a similar succession of strata in the hill above the drift, but 



