MASSILLON COAL FIELD. 811 
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The coal of this mine has certain features that are not elsewhere 
found in the entire field. The shaft lies midway between two basins 
of coal, one lying to the north-west and the other to the south-east. 
The former has an approximate area of 400 by 175 yards, the longer 
axis extending nearly east and west. The second basin has an area ‘of 
300 by 150 yards, approximately, and its greatest length is also in an 
east and west line. The two basins have an area of about 125 ‘acres. 
The two basins are connected by an entry, 135 yards long, cut partly 
through sandstone and partly through coal, the latter not exceeding 
2, feet 4 inches in thickness. 
The south-east basin is in all respects normal and regular, the 
coal holding an average thickness of 4 feet, mining large and bearing 
transportation well. 
The north-west basin has the unusual features referred to above. 
It holds two distinct seams of coal, the lower one, which is 14 inches 
thick, having all the characteristics of the Massillon seam generally. 
The upper one, which averages 4 to 43 feet in thickness, is denominated 
the “hard coal”, the lower pench being termed the “soft coal”. 
The hard coal approaches cannel in character, being strong and 
