THE LOWER COAL MEASURES. 267 
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LLICK’S COAL FAIRFIELD 
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Goshen township not only far outranks the other townships of the 
county, taken separately, in the production of coal, but it produces, in 
fact, very much more than all the rest combined. It is the only town- 
ship in which any large shipping mines at present exist. The seam 
averages, throughout this district, 4 ft. 6 in. in thickness. It reaches 
its maximum of 5 feet in many instances. 
The composition of the coal is shown in the following analyses: 
INOS iy bi Kur Mp1 Om NO se crte. fooiec deeeca cena ccdeven scecccuesueletesstaeldcocss Lord. 
No. 2. Pike Run mine, No. 2, or Brock Hill mine....................00000 . 
1 2. 
IWWIOTEN DIRS 960600%0080800000000000060000000000000CECEGDGbG8065 0000900600060050050008 2.98 2.69 
Viol attlOsIMatteTies.s.ncsc. crecticcsesss os ccswe recuse socieecsswaddess Gesiabese ease <8 43.82 ALTA 
HEE CECAT DOM sess nucteal esse e cn coee caecinets Aoecs seccc tacit ren canaseanesces jer seense 45.82 46.95 
Fe Ao c53, Bonudo600 bb OOD UOC Ban ELIE aSO BO dd SORE OROH COEEOD CORE C CDE TIGERS DEL REn CAS ACeEE acon Be 
100.00 | 100.00 
Sulphur senseceneesceessecesssesceatscenessessenscenasesenseesersesssn eases essen: 3.24 3.09 
These results are believed to fairly represent the seam throughout 
this district. In fact they are applicable to it throughout Eastern Ohio. 
In physical characters the coal has much to recommend it. It has 
a fair degree of strength, being intermediate in this respect between the 
Massillon coal to the north, and the Cambridge coal to the south of it. 
It is rather hard to cut or undermine, and does not “shoot” to as much 
advantage as many coals. To blast it, there is required from $ to 5 cents 
worth of powder per ton. It does not admit of being ‘shot off the solid,” 
but must be undermined and “sheared” with proper care. The miner’s 
