788 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
firestone, 6 to 12 inches thick, which is covered with shale or soapstone, 
15 to 25 feet thick. Sandstone has not been found over the coal thus 
far. The floor is fire-clay, which is thicker than in many of the mines 
of the district, ranging from 2 to 5 feet. Thus far the mine has yielded 
1 car of slack to 5 of lump, and 1 car of nut coal to 7 of lump. All 
the grades are taken out and sold. 
The coal reaches the market by a branch track from the N. Y., P. 
& O. R’y. 
An analysis of the coal is given herewith, as sampled by Professor 
A. A. Wright: 
Coal of Shaft No. 2, Silver Creek Co. (Lord.) 
MEO ISttare i2he hh se ese Pera ece REIS ee eee ios Oa eee AE Le Re 5.38 
Volatile combustible matter ...........cccssscsccve Laine sii ce cliaye Oren eee 38.22 
] NG -<'s¥0 Bret: h 0] 010) 0 aR OA Ie eee  eangeit etn yr Saad ouoodorn 49,77 
PS esse ded cae cv dons oasierceele oaton eee eee gS Cae eee ee 6.63 
Totaling Oded leh se aL RR RA OF EER AE eee ee ns 100.00 
RoW Wo) 01.08 ane Ran ene ARCO SEALE Ae RANP RARE In oACGOMen He zcio COL GBNEGd Aap IS NOba OGICCONOD boH0G0 1.91 
These results associate the coal with some of the Norton township 
mines previously reported. The output is calculated to be 200 to 300 
tons per day. 
This company has other undeveloped coal property in the township, 
on the Hinddale and J. Overholtz farms, in sections 7 and 14. 
Many of these facts are derived from Mr. E. G. Loomis, of Wads- 
worth, the Superintendent of the company, who is probably better 
acquainted with the coal of this immediate territory than any other 
person. . 3 
In these two townships, Norton and Wadsworth, there are several 
mines in addition to those already named, that have been the sources of 
large production, but which are now practically exhausted, and there 
are also several smaller or country banks. | 
To the first class belong such mines as the Burgess and the Bartger 
mine, and to the second, the Stuver and the Bees and Morgan banks, 
all of which are in Norton township. ‘Most of these are old mines, for 
this region, having been worked 30 to 40 years. A body of coal, not 
yet shafted to, is reported near Hametown, Norton township, on the 
lands of Bodin, Steinbring, and Jones. Another body is reported on 
the J. Ballard farm, of Sharon township, north of Wadsworth. It is 
