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MINES OF COSHOCTON COUNTY. 865 
effect without compressed-air drills. The quality of the coal here is 
not so good as that of Virginia and Jackson, but is still very fair. 
The following analysis shows its composition : 
Coshocton Coal— Union Mine—( Lord). 
Volatile hydro-carbons ...........ecceee+s 9000000 060000606 LOOB Od SCHON TOOB EH GAC ASCEEONCOOE 43.98 
BI OCAKCAL DOM ste doce cies scehiecnsossacndsereeeco cc ceat sca tesiecessnsessssesnssess A seuss aoe 46.38 
ING Miperen ete eiencs cele si iisescusasncsodsscececssasctsaescesstrisrssecoeececsewceosessnecsejeeaceecss 5.73 
ROPE 6060002000060000600000080060000000000000000000080006000000190800000000009000060000000 100.00 
Sulplntinencsence ee ceccece nos eceiscscssroe Moemrcrcntocssise sesctoclskcc lose ssea cases cesiesteiecs 3.99 
The switch, shoots, and tipple were the finest of any coal works in 
the county. 
The Beech Hollow mines, Pen Twyn, and Shoemaker’s, are all 
old workings, and have all furnished large amounts of coal for the 
general market. 
The Home mines are the only active mines in the township at 
present. 
The coal at this place is thinner than in any of the southern develop- 
ments; the average of a number of measurements was 3/ 2”, with a 
maximum of 3/ 7” and a minimum of 3/ 0”. 
It presents the following typical section : 
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STRUCTURE OF COSHOCTON COAL 
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