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CONTRIBUTIONS    TO    ECONOMIC    GEOLOGY,    1903. 
[bull.  225. 
Sonic  of  these  are 
numbered, 
for 
ready  reference  in  descripti 
follows: 
List  of  properties 
when 
exposures  of  Pittsburg  coal  occur. 
1.    1  [olsten  Bros. 
9.  Pittsburg  Gas  Coal  Company. 
2.   Hugh  Blakley. 
10.  Thomas  Hart. 
3.  Madison  Craig. 
11.  Avonmore. 
A.   Wilson  Blakley. 
12.  Foster. 
5.    1  larrv  Hart. 
13.  Edri. 
6.  John  D.  Hart. 
14.  Bowman. 
7.  Simon  Townsend. 
15.  Conemaugh. 
8.   Robert  Fritz. 
16.  Mrs.  Arnold. 
The  figures  in  parentheses  in  the  text  refer  to  the  same  numbers  on 
the  sketch  map. 
A  large  number  of  openings  have  been  made  on  the  outcrop  of  the 
coal.  Many  of  these  were  abandoned  after  a  small  quantity  of  coal 
had  been  taken  out  and  have  been  closed  for  years.  Other  banks  to 
the  number  of  ten  or  twelve  are  kept  open  and  are  operated  by  one 
or  two  men  throughout  the  greater  part  of  the  year.  Among  these 
country  banks  are  those  of  Holsten  Bros.,  Madison  Craig,  Wilson 
Blakley,  John  D.  Hart,  Harry  Hart,  Robert  Fritz,  Samuel  White, 
McComb,  Thomas  Hart,  and  John  Hart.  These  small  banks  supply 
fuel  for  only  a  narrow  belt  of  farms,  because  the  Upper  Freeport  coal 
is  mined  less  than  2  miles  west  of  this  field  on  Roaring  Run  and  on 
Crooked  Creek  below  South  Bend,  and  to  the  east  not  more  than  3 
miles  from  Blacklegs  Creek  both  the  Upper  and  Lower  Freeport  coals 
are  mined. 
Extensive  mining  has  been  done  only  near  the  river.  Between  forty 
and  fifty  years  ago,  when  there  was  a  canal  along  the  river,  a  large 
mine  was  worked  on  the  Rhea  property,  near  Avonmore,  but  develop- 
ments here  terminated  about  1865,  when  the  Western  Pennsylvania 
division  of  the  Pennsylvania  Railroad  was  built  and  the  canal  was  aban- 
doned. Coal  mining  on  a  large  scale  began  again  about  fifteen  years 
ago,  and  at  present  there  are  five  or  six  mines  which  ship  their  output 
to  distant  markets  by  rail. 
Three  mines  in  which  the  Avonmore  Coal  and  Coke  Company  have 
an  interest  had  the  following  force  and  daily  output  December  1, 1903: 
Output  of  mines  of  Avonmore  Coal  and  Coke  Company. 
Men. 
Tons  Of  2,000 
pounds. 
A  \  <  mmore  mine 
150 
70 
50 
500 
Foster  mine 
250 
Edri  mine 
200 
Mr.  L.  W.  Hicks,  of  Leechburg,  is  superintendent  of  this  company 
and  authority  for  the  above  statement. 
