MINES OF COSHOCTON COUNTY. 857 
coal is worked in the township, except that of J. C. Endsley, on the 
northern edge, and just over the line from the workings in Clark town- 
ship, already described. The same features characterize the seam here 
as at those banks just north of it; it is a coking, red-ash coal, high in 
sulphur, and making a very hot fire. It is called “rich” and “ fat” 
by the people of that country. It is bright and handsome, rather 
‘tender, and quite high in sulphur. At this bank it is 3’ 10” high, on 
‘the average, and occasionally 4’ 2’, with one clay band near the 
‘bottom. | 
A section measured at this locality presents the following elements : 
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The special feature to be seen in this section is the remarkable 
shortening of the interval between Nos. 4 and 6 coals: 
Jefferson Township, lying just west of Bethlehem, has already been 
mentioned as containing an outlier of the Middle Kittanning Coal. 
No banks are opened in it. 
In Bedford Township, the coal begins to assume economie value. 
Besides one bank, questionably No. 6, all workings are found in the 
south-eastern 4 of the township. There are 4 banks now open, viz.: 
Daniel McCurdy, Sec. 19; Wm. Sproul, Sec. 19; Wm. Parrish, Sec. 
19; and Perry Sisley, Sec. 22. Besides these, several other farmers 
have openings, but little used. The coal is soft and easily dug; no 
powder is used and often a pick alone suffices. Under good cover it 
is black and cubical, though quite red on the outcrop, and it is quite 
cementing in character. It runs from 36” to 42” in thickness, and 
carries the clay band which characterizes the seam throughout the 
county. 
In Washington Township, the No. 6 coal barely enters. No open- 
ings have been made. ‘This completes the line of townships in which 
the westernmost workings and exposures are found. It has been 
noticed that the distance between the line of first exposures, or out- 
