796 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
No. 7.—At office. 
Surface elevation, 97.1 feet. 
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No. 8.—To coal and stone mixed, 93 feet. 
No. 9.—Two hundred feet west of shaft. 
Surface elevation, 72.03 feet. 
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We have thus far followed the outer margin of the Massillon coal 
field. Returning to the interior townships, we find this coal mined in 
Franklin township, Summit county, and also in Lawrence, Jackson, 
Tuscarawas, Perry, and Sugar Creek townships, of Stark county. Some 
of these townships constitute the western margin of the field. 
A brief account of the mining industry of these several townships 
will here be given. 
MINES oF FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. 
The most important mine of this township is the Nimisila mine, 
now operated by the Nimisila Coal Company of Cleveland and Mas- 
sillon, Robert Rhodes, President. There are about 300 acres of land 
under lease to the company. The present company began work in 1877, 
and when the mine is in full operation, 125 men are employed, producing 
175 to 200 tons per day. The mine has been worked for many years, 
and the largest estimate of the present owners does not exceed 40,000 
tons for the available coal remaining. Operations are suspended at the 
present time, and when resumed the coal will probably be worked out. 
