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THE COAL SEAMS OF THE LOWER COAL MEASURES 
OF OHIO—ConrtTINvuED. 
MINES OF HOLMES COUNTY. 
By ALBert A. WRIGHT. 
Holmes county occupies the interval between Tuscarawas county 
and the border of the coal field. The coal-seams of the latter county, 
from the lowest up to the Upper Freeport or No. 7, extend westward 
into Holmes, where they all disappear. The lower seams, as they extend 
north-westward, are successively brought above drainage, so that all the 
seams mentioned are exposed in the western half of the county; while 
upon the south-eastern border, all below the Putnam Hill (gray) lime- 
stone are buried beneath the surface. 
The coal is so accessible upon the hill-sides, that drifting is the 
universal method of mining. ‘There are no shafts, and the few slopes 
at the mine entries are solely for affording better screening and storing 
facilities. The drainage is always by ditches in the entry; an adverse 
dip is the commonest cause of the abandonment of entries. There is 
one case of the successful application of the siphon to mine drainage at 
Dr. Pomerine’s mine at Berlin. 
In the aggregate there is a large amount of good coal in Holmes 
county. While the thickness of the individual seams is not so great as 
at some other points, running from a maximum of 4 feet down to 23 
in the mines at present worked, there are nevertheless a large number 
of seams accessible, and the intervals betweer them are smaller than in 
localities to the southward and eastward. There are several fields that 
would sustain operations upon a large scale; while it is certain that 
from nearly every township in the county there will be, for a long time 
to come, a steady supply from the smaller veins, more than sufficient to 
meet the local demands. 
At the present time only a single mine has railroad facilities for 
