COAL. 
Ill 
Detailed measurements of the Wdynesburg coal in the vicinity of Lone Pine. 
No. of 
section 
on PI. 
VI. 
Location. 
0.3 mile southeast of Lone Pine 
" McCrerey bank, " Lone Pine. . 
Lone Pine 
do. ft 
do.6 
On Brush Run, Lone Pine c 
Fire 
clay. 
Ft. in. 
On Little Tenmile Creek, above 
Lone Pine e 
Coal. 
Fire 
clay. 
Ft. in. Ft 
1 
10 
Coal. 
Ft. in. 
2 8 
a 2 S 
2 7 
3 3 
2 10 
3 1 
Fire 
clay. 
Coal. Total. 
Ft. in. Ft. in. 
Ft. in 
5 
5 
5 
6 
5 
6 
6 I 
a Contains a thin binder. 
b Second Geol. Survey Pa., Rcpt. K, p. 18(5. 
cOp. cit., p. 183. 
At Lone Pine the bed consists of roof coal 10 to 15 inches, white fire 
clay 1 1 to 14 inches, main coal 31 to 44 inches, fire clay 2 to 7 inches, and 
bottom coal 6 to 10 inches, the total thickness bein^ 65 to 77 inches. 
In one instance (section 53) the main bench contains a thin binder 
about the middle. The top bench of the coal is poor and is not mined, 
being left in to help hold up the roof, which is here generally shale. 
Locally, however, the sandstone rests directly upon the coal. 
QUALITY. 
In quality the Waynesburg coal is greatly inferior to the Pittsburg 
seam. It is a hard block coal with no coking value, and usually con- 
tains a high percentage of ash and sulphur. The ash averages 10 to 
20 per cent and the sulphur 2 to 5 per cent. The coal is used prin- 
cipally by the farmers in the vicinity and is considered a very fair 
fuel in sections where no better coal is obtainable, as, for instance, in 
southern Washington and western Greene counties. The upper bench 
is generally of poor quality, and when the roof consists of shale is 
sometimes left in by the miners. 
In the survey of the Amity quadrangle two samples of this coal 
were taken from Horn's bank, Zollarsville. They are of the roof coal 
and the main bench, respectively. These samples were taken accord- 
ing to the standard practice, as explained in connection with the 
Pittsburg coal (p. 95), and were analyzed at the fuel-testing plant at 
St. Louis. Two sets of analyses are given, the second of each being 
for coal " air-dried." 
