MINES OF COSHOCTON COUNTY. 847 
valuable coal. These are three in number, and may be well seen in the 
accompanying map. From these areas as outlined on the map must 
still be subtracted that cut out by the drainage of the territory ; 
diminished by this amount the area is estimated to be between 1,400 
and 1,500 acres in extent. 
The structure and character of the vein, as variously seen, will 
now be taken up. 
Beginning at the westernmost edge of the district, we find, about 
4+ mile south of Mohawk Village and the high hill which lies between ~ 
the forks of Mohawk Creek, the mine of Jas. Givens. The mine is 
newly opened, and its best coal is not yet reached. The cannel was 
6 ft. thick, sound and hard; not so conchoidal in fracture as seen in 
some other localities, and of a little less luster than usual. No test of 
its quality by general use had yet been made. 
Crossing the east fork of Mohawk Creek and ascending the high 
hill to the east, we approach the banks of James and John Moore. 
They are situated about 1 mile east of Mohawk Village and in the 
small central area of mineable cannel indicated on the map. The 
bank of John Moore was worked on an extensive scale in former 
years, but has now been idle for a long time. It could be put into 
working shape with some little time and labor. The bank of Jas. 
Moore, or the northernmost of the two, is one of the old mines of the 
country, but is still open and serves during the winter months as a 
neighborhood bank. ‘The coal is seen in one of its best exposures here ; 
it is 6 feet thick as a regular and constant thing, and is overlain by 1 
foot of soft bituminous coal, which affords ample opportunity for the 
miner to make his “ bearing in”. The coal mines without the use 
of powder, with hammer and wedge alone, into large solid blocks like 
quarry stone. They often come out so large as to be used by the 
country people as steps and horse blocks, being durable enough for 
that purpose. The mines have been worked on the single entry plan 
and have been somewhat damaged by poor mining, but the strength of 
the roof is proof against any ordinary abuse, and the mines are still in 
fair shape. Going eastward, the cannel thins down again; on the 
lands of Mr. J. Park Wheeler, extending down into Flint Run bottoms, 
the coal is present, but too thin to be valuable, but on the opposite side, 
on the lands of Mr. J. M. Creighton, the coal thickens up to a good 
height. Following the ridge road eastward, the banks of Messrs. 
