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jthree  benches,  if  the  small  bone  streak  in  the  upper  portion  of  the  bed  be  considered  a 
legitimate  stratum  for  division.  This  trifold  character  has  also  been  noted  on  Keyes  Creek 
knd  at  the  mines  at  Winslow.  At  the  latter  place  the  two  upper  benches  are  hard  and 
Resistant,  owing  to  the  admixture  of  splinty  layers,  but  the  lower  bench  is  so  soft  as  to  crush 
kvhen  left  in  pillars.  Although  an  excellent  steam  and  domestic  fuel,  it  has  not  been  found 
(suitable  for  coking  purposes.     The  following  section  was  measured  at  No.  8  mine,  at  Winslow : 
Section  of  No.  6  coal  at  Winslow. 
Ft.    in. 
Sandstone  roof. 
Bone 5 
Splint  coal 1    6     (1) 
Bone 1 
Coal 1    G     (2) 
Fire  clay 3 
Coal l±       (3) 
Fireclay  (2  to  3  feet). 
4    9 
The  second  bed  above  the  red  limestone  ore,  30  to  40  feet  above  the  "  limestone  coal/'  is 
the  Sheridan  or  Coalton  coal,  No.  7  of  the  Kentucky  Survey  and  No.  6  of  the  Ohio  Survey. 
This  coal  has  been  known  and  worked  for  many  years  in  the  Hanging  Rock  region,  as  this 
part  of  Kentucky  and  Ohio  is  sometimes  called.  According  to  the  Ohio  Geological  Survey 
reports  a  it  is  to  be  correlated  with  the  "great  vein,"  or  Nelsonville  and  Straitsville  coal  of 
the  Hocking  Valley.  Up  to  the  present  time  it  has  proved  by  far  the  most  important 
commercial  coal  in  this  area  and,  though  much  of  the  available  coal  above  drainage  has 
been  removed  along  the  railroad  from  Princess  to  Music,  the  great  mass  of  the  coal  lying 
below  drainage  in  the  basin  to  the  east  has  not  been  touched.  It  is  found  in  the  hills  on 
both  sides  of  the  railroad  from  Music  to  Mount  Savage,  the  rise  of  the  rocks  to  the  west, 
however,  soon  carrying  its  horizon  above  the  hills.  At  the  head  of  Davies  Branch  it  is 
mined  and  shipped  by  the  Straight  Creek  Coal  Company,  where  it  has  a  section  indicated 
by  column  3  in  the  table  below.  One  and  one-third  miles  to  the  east  it  is  below  drainage. 
Between  Princess  and  Winslow  this  coal  has  been  extensively  utilized  for  domestic  purposes, 
nearly  every  farm  having  had  its  individual  bank  at  sometime  or  other,  but  in  the  Flat- 
woods  country,  between  Winslow  and  Ashland,  the  hills  rise  barely  high  enough  to  reach 
it,  though  beyond  Ohio  River  it  again  resumes  its  importance.  To  illustrate  the  uniformity 
of  this  coal  the  following  sections  are  appended: 
Sections  of  coal  No.  7. 
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
Coal 
Inches. 
4 
5k 
22 
2 
13£ 
Inches. 
0  -26J 
3 
21J 
1 
18  -23 
Inches. 
8 
4 
24 
1 
15 
Inches. 
0-18 
6 
22 
1 
22 
Inches. 
Inches. 
Parting 
5 
24 
1-  1 
26 
12 
Coal... 
18 
Coal 
12 
461 
431-75 
52 
51-69 
55i-56 
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1.  Section  at  Eastern  Kentucky  Railroad  mine,  east  of  Willard,  Carter  County,  Ky. 
2.  Morning  Glory  Coal  Company's  mine,  Grant,  Carter  County,  Ky. 
3.  Straight  Creek  Mining  Company,  head  of  Davies  Branch,  Carter  County,  Ky. 
4.  Ashland  Iron  and  Mining  Company,  mine-  No.  10,  near  Rush,  Boyd  County,  Ky. 
5.  Princess  Land  and  Mining  Company's  mine,  Princess,  Boyd  County,  Ky. 
6.  Country  bank  near  mouth  of  Belle  Trace  Creek. 
a  Rept.  Ohio  Geol.  Survey,  vol.  3,  pt.  1,  1878,  pp.  917-918. 
