876 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
Coal Dale Coal (Lord). 
MOIStU RE: decean eed: Jock sive le ct Cabos Re eee Care IE et en 4.82 
Volatile combustible matter ............00.00. Peseta teen See 40.91 
FER EG | CANDO 5 iecsa cues Seas cts eee ee OORT ante ee 48.67 
IAB 5 den hdevestbesdtel ASTER OLY 5s REED, ED) Oa EN ok Rp al ode eC 5.60 
Total isos saves se oeeceooas Ges ee eek oe eee Oe ee ee 100.00 
SUL PHUT cxacselsseuleuscurecddesses sbectscccemscece nas stmt omns secace. aeeee Caen eRe en 3.57 
These figures put the coal in line with that of the seam throughout 
Eastern Ohio generally. 
Six miles north of Zanesville, on the Cincinnati and Muskingum 
Valley Railway, Mr. David Matthews is carrying on mining on quite a 
large scale for this region. He employs an average of 25 miners for 
the year. Following the coal eastward from its outcrop in the river 
hills, the workings are always upon the dip. The water is removed 
from them by:siphons. Formerly the slack was coked at this point, 
and the coke was used in iron making in Zanesville. The coke must 
have been high in sulphur. Its production was not long maintained. 
The general conditions of the seam from Zanesville northward 
have now been pointed out. Within the limits of Zanesville the coal 
is extensively mined, though in small banks that produce each but a 
few thousand tons in a year. A large acreage has already been worked 
out, but a considerable amount still remains. Zanesville has cheaper 
coal than any other city of its size in the State. 
South of Zanesville the conditions of the seam are gradually 
changed. Following first the Muskingum Valley, we find the coal at 
its proper horizon, and with its normal characteristics in the river hills 
on both sides of the river, as far south as Taylorsville. Only country 
banks are found on the east side, but on the west side, which offers the 
advantage of working against the dip, and also of nearer approach to 
the river, there are a number of shipping mines. Several of them have 
inclines connecting with boat landings. Their product is in all cases 
shipped by the river, and mostly to McConnellsville and points south- 
ward. 
The Owens mine, in Section 7, Brush Creek township, is the largest 
of this group. The seam here measures 3 feet 8 inches to 3 feet 10 
inches, and occasionally rises to 4 feet, but from these measures several 
inches of partings must be subtracted. The quality of the coal is 
excellent. At Ballou’s Salt Works, in Section 12, Brush Creek town- 
