MASSILLON COAL FIELD. 791 
The floor consists of a dark-colored fire-clay, of low quality, 
about 4 feet in thickness. 
The coal is mined mainly by powder, and at the present time, as Is 
stated, only 1 car in 12 is slack, but formerly 1 in 8 was slack. 
The coal finds market largely at Lorain, by the C. L. and W. R’y. 
It is used for steam coal on the lakes and also as a domestic fuel. Its 
production ranges from 60 to 80 tons per day. 
The New Chippewa Mine lies west of the old mine of the same 
name. It is working towards the old mine, and it may owe its freedom 
from water to the drainage effected by the excavations to the east of it 
which overlook the Tuscarawas Valley. The new mine is located on 
the Cleveland, Akron and Columbus Railway, by which its coal finds 
market. About 500 acr s are tributary to it, and 30,000 tons of coal 
have already been mined from it, but there is only a small acreage of coal 
remaining. The average thickness of the coal is above 4% feet, and will 
run close to 5 feet. It has the usual strength and hardness of the seam, 
especially where it has the protection of a shale roof. This is some- 
times replaced by sandstone, at the expense of the coal. The shale re- 
ferred to above is dark-colored, quite sandy, and breaks large. A few 
inches of bone frequently cap the coal. When this occurs, we find 1 
foot or more of black slate succeeding, and then from 5 to 40 feet of 
shale or soapstone. A white sandstone is next above, and higher still 
the rider seam is found, about 65 feet above the main coal. 
The floor is not a true fire-clay, but is a hard shale, close under 
which the pebbles of the conglomerate frequently are found. __ 
The mine is entered by a drift, the coal lying 40 to 50 feet above 
the railroad, and the hill 100 feet higher. The coal is mainly sold for 
domestic use in Cleveland, though a good deal is distributed along the 
line of the railroad. The mine is producing 150 to 200 tons per day. 
The coal has the usual strength. Much of it carries white cap, 
and some pyrite is visible, mainly as leaf sulphur. 
Its composition as sampled by Prof. A. A. Wright is shown in the 
following analysis : 
Coal of New Chippewa Mine (Lord). 
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