COAL    RESOURCES    OF    KENOVA    QUADRANGLE.  267 
|  This  coal  is  now  being  mined  by  the  Kentucky  Cannel  Company  at  both  the  above  local- 
ties  and  is  shipped  to  Spain,  where  it  is  used  in  the  manufacture  of  gas.  Though  the 
learn  is  found  north  of  Turkey  Fork,  in  Greenup  County,  it  does  not  appear  to  carry  the 
lannel  layer  in  this  region. 
I  The  next  higher  coal  is  of  workable  thickness  in  certain  parts  of  the  Little  Sandy  country, 
■though  generally  throughout  the  quadrangle  it  has  proved  unworkable  except  in  the  vicinity 
Ibf  Levisa  Fork.  At  Boghead  it  appears  30  feet  above  coal  No.  3  and  about  the  same 
mnterval  below  the  base  of  the  Homewood  sandstone.  Here  it  is  mined  by  the  Kentucky 
sJCannei  Company  in  conjunction  with  the  seam  below,  mainly  for  its  cannel  bench.  A 
■typical  section  of  the  upper  Boghead  coal  shows  the  following  structure: 
Section  of  Boghead  coal  (upper  cannel  seam). 
Inches. 
Shale  roof. 
Bituminous  coal 71 
Bone li 
Bituminous  coal 11 
Fire  clay 73 
Bone qi 
Cannel  coal 9 
Southeast  of  Boghead,  in  the  hills  north  of  Upper  Stinson  Creek,  some  of  this  coal  has 
been  removed  by  the  Lexington  and  Carter  Coal  Mining  Company,  but  at  the  present  time 
these  old  workings  are  fallen  shut. 
REGION    TRIBUTARY    TO    THE    HEAD    OF   THE    EASTERN    KENTUCKY    RAILROAD. 
This  district  includes  the  territory  watered  by  Little  Fork  of  Little  Sandy  River,  including 
the  Willard  district  as  well  as  the  important  field  at  the  head  of  Dry  and  Equal  forks,  and 
Elliott  County. 
About  three-fourths  of  a  mile  southeast  of  Willard  is  found  the  center  of  a  local  basin. 
The  beds  rise  both  to  the  north  and  to  the  south  from  this  point.  The  rise  to  the  north  is 
exceedingly  rapid,  and  coal  No.  7,  which  at  Willard  is  685  feet  above  sea  level,  is  more 
than  900  feet  above  in  the  hills  just  north  of  Johns  Branch.  This  rapid  rise  brings  up  the 
lowest  horizons  of  the  Pottsville  group  as  developed  in  the  western  part  of  the  quadrangle. 
A  seam  opened  at  the  mouth  of  Field  Branch  is  a  representative  of  this  group.  Mr.  Walter 
Field,  who  has  worked  this  coal,  reports  44  inches  as  an  average.  The  writer  measured  37 
inches  of  clean  coal  at  the  mouth  of  Mr.  Field's  bank  and  did  not  reach  the  bottom  of  the 
bed.  The  coal  is  splinty,  rather  dull  in  appearance,  and  gives  excellent  satisfaction  as  a 
domestic  and  steam  fuel.  These  qualities,  in  connection  with  its  low  position  in  the  hill, 
suggest  the  possibility  of  a  good  body  of  workable  coal.  The  remaining  coals  in  the  Potts- 
ville series  in  this  territory  are  rather  thin,  though  in  many  instances  they  thicken  to  respect- 
able proportions  and  are  worked  for  local  use.  This  is  true  of  coal  No.  3  on  Dry  Fork, 
measuring  30  to  36  inches,  and  coal  No.  4  on  Hilton  Branch,  showing  a  bench  of  cannel 
of  26  to  29  inches,  with  4|  inches  of  bituminous  coal  above  and  massive  Homewood  sand- 
stone serving  as  a  roof. 
The  interval  from  the  Homewood  sandstone  to  the  "Ferriferous"  limestone  is  variable 
in  this  region,  as  it  is  throughout  the  quadrangle.  At  Willard  the  interval  is  about  35  feet, 
while  at  the  head  of  Cherokee  Creek  it  is  not  more  than  10  feet.  At  this  locality  the  lowest 
coal  in  the  Allegheny  formation  is  well  developed  on  the  land  of  Mr.  J.  A.  Young.  This  seam, 
No.  5  of  the  Kentucky  reports,  rests  directly  upon  the  massive  Homewood  sandstone  and  is 
but  a  few  feet  below  the  "Ferriferous"  limestone.  Its  analysis  and  section  serve  to  place 
it  among  the  valuable  coals  in  the  region,  while  the  territory  occupied  is  fairly  extensive, 
including  the  hills  at  the  heads  of  Dry  and  Equal  forks,  Perkins  Branch,  and  Cherokee 
Creek. 
