MASSILLON COAL FIELD. 789 
claimed that 40 or 50 acres of 4 feet coal have been proved here by the 
Warner drillings. 
The Wadsworth Coal Company mined coal on quite a large scale 
from 1869 to 1874. Their territory was adjacent to that of the Excelsior 
Slope, already described. The coal was exhausted from the Wadsworth 
Company’s boundaries. 
Chippewa township, Wayne county, lies directly south of Wads- 
worth, and Baughman township, of the same county, lies next south of 
Chippewa. These two townships are the only ones of Wayne county 
that are known to contain the Sharon coal. In them the seam is an 
important one, being now worked in a number of large shipping mines. 
A large acreage has already been worked out in Chippewa township, and 
no basins of large size remain unattacked, but mining has been begun 
in Baughman township within the last two years. 
The chief mines of Chippewa township are the following: 
The Chippewa mine (old), in section 36, exhausted. 
The New Chippewa mine, in section 35. 
The Silver Creek Mining Co., in sections 13 and 14, exhausted. 
The Lantz mine (operated by Silver Creek Co.), in section 2. 
The Woods mine (formerly owned by Silver Creek Co.), in section 15. 
The Silver Creek Mining & Railway Company have built a branch 
railroad, connecting the Tuscarawas Valley R. R. (now the Cleveland, 
Lorain and Wheeling Railway) with a branch of the New York, Penn- 
sylvaina and Ohio R’y, which leaves the main track a mile east of 
Wadsworth. The length of the combined line is about 8 miles. By 
means of it, the Diamond, Excelsior, Burnet (Brewster), Lantz and 
Woods mines all find outlet to either of the main lines. 
The line of the road passes near the corner of the three counties, 
Summit, Medina and Wayne, and a little south and east of Doylestown. 
A brief description of the leading mines of the township will here 
find place. 
The Lantz Shaft was sunk in 1875-6. It is now operated by the 
Silver Creek Coal Company, of which Mr. E.G. Loomis, of Wads- 
worth, is Superintendent. It has probably 75 acres of coal connected 
with it. More than 30 acres have been already worked out. The 
maximum thickness of the coal is 6% feet, and it averages 4 to 43 feet. 
A considerable proportion yields 5 feet of coal. The quality of the 
