394 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
mountain ore, at least, is good. The coal below is also in good condi- 
tion. David Maughermann, in section 21, has 33 feet of blackband, and 
a large amount of kidney ore in the shales above the blackband. 
The Harmon and Keffer hill, in section 10, has also 33 feet of good 
ore. This is now worked for the Dover Furnace. The underlying coal 
ranges from 24 to 30 inches in thickness. There is also nodular ore 
above the blackband. 
In section 19, the Kutcher hill is also counted as blackband terri- 
tory, but is not now worked. In the same section, another deposit has 
been mainly worked out. 
The Rhinehart deposit is limited in area, and is not now worked. 
The Millhofer hill, in section 16, is mainly exhausted. The Lorenz 
hill, in lot 36, contains but a small deposit of ore. 
On Benjamin Schwab’s farm, near Phillipsburg, good ore has been 
taken by drifting. Quite a large amount has been produced by this 
bank. 
The Meese hill has also a valuable bed of the ore, 33 to 4 feet in 
thickness, underlain by 2 to 23 feet of coal. ‘The seam was mined quite 
largely by the Glasgow Furnace when it was in operation. 
This completes the list of the main banks of the township, so far 
as they are at present known, but the coal ot this horizon holds a large 
area in addition to the hills above reported, and it is almost certain that 
many other bodies of ore will be hereafter found in connection with it. 
Perhaps the heavier deposits have been mainly brought to light already, 
but thinner sheets can certainly be worked to profit in connection with 
the coal that underlies them, if not now, at a future day. 
In Salem township six ore hills are known. 
The most northerly of them is the Arth hill, in section 3. The 
ore has not been mined here, but it is known to be present. It is con- 
nected with the Rhinehart hill, of Jefferson township, in which the 
mountain ore predominates. It is therefore probable that this form of 
the ore will be found in the Arth farm. 
The Yackell hill, in section 2, is one of the best-known bodies of 
ore in the township. It is worked by the Burton-Ridgway Company 
of Massillon. The ore is genuine blackband throughout, and it reaches 
a maximum of 9 feet in thickness. The quality is fully approved. All 
the ore thus far has been taken by stripping, but drifts will soon be 
required to reach the remainder. A large amount of kidney ore is now 
