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former. The ore of the first is mined and used by the Tuscarawas Coal 
and Iron Company, of Dover; the Kelly ore is mined by a company 
from Massillon. This mine is under heavy cover, and the ore is wrought 
in rooms by regular methods. The seam ranges from 3 to 8 feet in 
thickness, and the probable average is 5 feet. It is in all respects a 
fine body of ore. It has been necessary thus far to follow the seam 
along thé line of dip, and consequently the workings are constantly 
troubled with water. Both blackband and mountain ore are yielded 
by this mine, the proportions being two of blackband to one of mountain 
ore. The Riggle Hill, near-by, has been entirely exhausted. 
Extensive stripping has been done on the Labb farm, the height 
of the bank sometimes reaching 25 feet, but part of the ore is also 
gained by drifting. There is not a large body of the ore left. 
The possible blackband territory of the township is quite extensive, 
and, though considerable exploration has been carried on by the drill 
and otherwise, it is not necessary to believe that the ore is all known at 
the present time. 
But two small tracts of blackband are known in Dover township. 
There is not a large amount of land in the town that is high enough to 
catch the ore. 
A mile south of Zoar Station, and nearly opposite to the Labb hill 
already described, the Tuscarawas Coal and [ron Company, of Dover, 
own a small tract of blackband that has not been fully developed. No 
mining is done in this seam in Dover township at the present time. 
The two townships south and southwest of Dover, viz., Auburn 
and York, contain, or rather have contained, some of the noblest bodies 
of ore in the whole blackband field, but the ore has been chiefly mined 
out from York, all operations here having ceased. From Auburn, also, 
a large quantity has been taken, but a considerable acreage still remains, 
and the work of mining is going forward. 
The chief banks in York township were the Bear hill, in lot 32, 
N. W. 4; the Burkholder hill, lots 12 and 18, N. W. 4; Winkler’s and 
Shull’s hills, section 16, and lots 5 and 6, N. W. #. 
Considerable ore has been left in all of these deposits, but generally 
in such a condition that it can not be recovered with advantage. The 
earlier workings were without system, and were consequently wasteful. 
There is still an area which is supposed to hold the ore, on lots 80, 
33 and 35. It is high enough, and surface indications are counted 
favorable. 
