COAL MINES OF JACKSON COUNTY. 1017 
Springfield Branch—4 Mines, 
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East Side.—Chapman Branch—1 Mine. 
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PSHOIDD WW BHNGs4a646.084600000000000008965068005 000000560000 86005C Mohler & Kissinger. 
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rv ArawlVT Stee eesecheesesecsciecesvesecestscces tsecs sts Drew & Wasson. 
WAV THT ASS TSH} DG.94060000000050002000050056 000086 5000005000 McKitrick Bros. 
EMUIRCUS hALt mene: ceases cessor closessircv'ocesseleoemesed woe ase Hurd Coal Co. 
All the mines opened in the Price, Springfield, EHagle and Chap- 
man branches are drift or level-free mines. On the Ada branch the 
Ada mine only is level-free. Of the other 5 mines 4 are slopes, and 
one, the Hurd, is a perpendicular shaft. | 
The coal is nowhere on this branch more than 30 feet below the 
surface. . 
The average thickness of the coal on these branches is about 
33 inches; the thinnest coal being found, as a rule, to the south and 
west of the belt. As the coal loses in height it seems to gain in 
quality. 
At Coalton, the point where the Ohio Southern and Toledo, 
Cincinnati and St. Louis railroads meet, nine different firms are mining 
coal, some of whom have 2 or 3 openings in operation. South and 
west of the village the coal is above drainage, but half a mile west, 
on Pigeon Creek, it plunges under the valley where the old Hamden 
road crosses the railroad. Last of this point all the mines opened in 
the Coalton or Wellston coal in the county are reached by shaft 
mining. 
The following are the names of mines and operators in the Coal- 
ton district: 
*This mine is on the main branch. 
