MINES OF COSHOCTON COUNTY. 853 
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This coal bank supplies coal to the south, west and north; its 
coal is of fair quality, and is preferred by many of the farmers to the 
cannel of Bedford township. 
Calvin Staats and Samuel Severns also have banks in this coal 
about 2 miles south-east of Newcastle. Ransome Severns, on the 
eastern edge of the township, also mines this vein; it is here 32 to 36” 
in thickness. 
The Upper Mercer limestone is found 37 ft. below the coal, cover- 
ing a mere streak of its own coal. The layer of flint, which belongs at 
this level, is here shown in strong force. 
The coal assumes its best features in the next two townships, Jeffer- 
son and Bedford. It occurs in the same district as the cannel coal, and 
is more popular among farmers. In Jefferson township it appears in 
nearly every section and on nearly every farm. It is mined by John 
Moore, W. P. Wheeler, J. M. Creighton, and Wm. McNabb. None of 
these employ more than 5 men in the press of the winter’s trade, and in 
summer all are idle. - The coal is bright and handsome, mines easily by 
pick alone, and has an excellent roof. At John Moore’s bank it shows 
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