MASSILLON COAL FIELD. 7193 
By taking the whole seam, a little larger quantity of ash is found, 
but the sulphur still runs very low, as shown by the figures,given below: 
Coal of Fox Lake Mine, whole seam (Lord). 
(Sampled by Prof. A. A. Wright.) 
TUIONE TROD He bes Oncaea CUS OR ORO CBE OST Ei COCSERE BIC UGOD SCE OAC BCCCECR EEE at MEM e7n eur ian BE amen 5.92 
Volatile combustible TINA ECO TIN rcs eae saelalets o ae eia es nlaeeiatorTle a tra eta elerolirs ab ae daroceeis 37.72 
EU IKS GUTC ATL OTL ete emere secrayan crevice asian we See nels ene o aeaslas Sbiass Se Sas slelelere Coe eie wld eaeiaatawa kus 53.74 
EXE Toco tho ncoded OolC IO CSHB SOL SOROS OBCO TEESE EB OCC OCGA O TREC CH OT aC Aen ce aaa een nras 2.62 
BIN Geta ee eee raid characte bates TiSa ee Rises sa aaCa een Me Labe ela dobice ows ddleabehwadws 100.00 
SUllyp Inn Tyeaececsetnwslse coesione see cose Scie sesesuislccs iso yecilesesesisescdeechilsscicesece@eecatioeesns 0.68 
No better coal is yielded by any mine of the Tuscarawas Valley 
than these figures indicate the Fox Lake Coal to be. 
The mine yields at present 1 car of slack to 7 of lump, and one 
car of nut coal to 9 of lump coal. There is a little undermining done, 
but powder is expected to do most of the work in bringing down the 
coal. 
The best rate in the use of powder is 1 keg to 35 tons. Much 
more is often used. The cost for powder to the miner is thus 10 cents 
at the lowest, per ton. Good miners put out 3 tons of clean coal 
per day. The elevation of the coal is 457 feet above Lake Erie 
by one railroad survey, and 454 feet by another. This puts it 
at approximately the same level as the Chippewa and Lester mines, 
which are near it. The Lower Mercer limestone crops out in the high 
ground above the coal. 
Many of the facts in regard to this mine were kindly furnished by 
Mr. J. B. Zerbe, of Cleveland, Secretary of the Ohio and Pennsylvania 
Coal Company, of which the Fox Lake mine constitutes one of the 
properties. The latest reports from it, indicate that a limit will soon 
be reached to the southward, the floor being very uneven and the coal 
being often cut down to 1 foot, or even to less. 
The explorations by which the coal was proved and developed are 
the last successful ones in this field. Access has been given to the 
records for the use of the Survey, and a brief statement in regard to 
them will be made, as illustrating the methods employed and also as a 
