MASSILLON COAL FIELD. 187 
less, the swamps yielding 53 feet. The face of the coal runs N. 20° 
East. The roof of the seam is slate and sandstone, as in the mines 
already described. ‘The slate is sometimes weak and troublesome. 
Sandstone often replaces it to the advantage of the mining. The little 
rider seam is found in many bore holes at 30 to 40 feet above the main 
coal. The floor is either fire-clay or the flinty gannister already 
described. The latter is about 1 foot thick where it occurs. The dip 
is to the south and east, and is sometimes as much as 15 or 20 feet to 
the mile. 
The coal crops out in the creek below the railroad, but is not mined 
except by the shaft. 
The output is largely used to supply a local demand and for the 
supply of adjacent villages and towns along the line of the railroad. 
In the winter the mine produces 200 tons per day, but in summer the 
production is not more than half of this amount. 
The slack is all filled out and sold. It makes about 20 per cent. of 
the total output. Tie nut coal is generally sold with the lump. 
The composition of the coal, sampled by Professor A. A. Wright, 
is as follows: 
Coal of the Diamond Coal Works (Lord). 
IMIG ESCUT eras cress cones oniosian ooammacalseceee duemanese wastes VERsae Soo cnens oes seakneeweh ae, 6.25 
Wrolatilercombustilolenmatternaeectescewsstesscseseeweveaslscctevereces ontccssedeetens 36.75 
JEYBRCEG! GE TA NOTIN abo, 800 bodcd6 Bn) Luc oon CSC eE SOR OCOUREOCHACGH ACER COCCI HE EE CCH at aan am Emme 53.12 
PANG ln erreeey eee ec earaeier ra clo SSR pacts SR STa c GPSS Satoh iets shee sla sie Wai as Sa CE clea dE Sawie area een 3.88 
4 NOE | cnarmnodoSedcboentia BGS eHita ust tects ele nei Arbre tiie A MaRS puns ala ai ave 100.00 
SulpWMualyncsecconsc. ccc ceuececas ssc cscswscacececcccsisccertcccciemun cece stals'casccecuccesssoses 1.44 
These figures indicate a coal fully up to the normal character of the 
seam for this district. | 
Shaft No. 2 of the Silver Creek Mining Company is situated 1} 
miles north, and 14 miles east of Wadsworth, the tributary territory to it 
being embraced within sections 16, 10 and 11, Wadsworth township. 
It is a new mine, opened in September, 1882. Probably 100 acres of 
coal, from 3 to 5 feet in thickness, will be found included in this basin. 
It is a strong, hard coal, with close end joints, and is mined by powder 
with but little use of the pick. 
A band of pyrites is of frequent occurrence in the roof, immediately 
over the coal.. Above the sulphur band lies a firm silicious rock, called 
