COAL MINES OF JACKSON COUNTY. 1019 
south of Berlin, it recovers itself again, having been found of good 
mineable height in a hole bored on the lands of Samuel McShee on the 
Ironton branch of the T. C. & St. L. R’y. Itis here 117 feet below 
the surface, and was reported to exceed 4 feet in height. 
There are 10 mines in the Wellston district, viz. : 
Name of Mine. _ Name of Operator. 
WVCLIStOTMRINO selenite, elecetuee eee tetas Wellston Coal & Iron Co. 
IVC IS LOMABINO SIS 855% sic vee ns seowinceceeiaces sate Wellston Coal & Iron Co. 
IMIG TOMER erste save oncccse cs ewabes@ecssetoeo satis Milton Furnace & Coal Co. 
SI ZAWYA encatece Seecthin dccdeaecieaasaota seen Eliza Furnace Co. 
INO MB esc rhea ees hess sleeeTedee, WARE. CAIN Bao. Southern Ohio Coal & Iron Co. 
OTIC A EIT coasoncooORcBoG Oo SBE Sa Be Eons EASE ERC ccr Theo. Fluhart & Co. 
Meadow Run ....... tees ge >eeeyn-cacesevnasane Meadow Run Coal Co. 
WOMe ieee rccngnc secs te sciiceirisces tsepatinesicnsiccecs Cin. Consol. Coal Mining Co. 
Center Valley eee. osiecscttsses ecsesseseeenes Drew & Wasson. 
IMAtrnoaraye CALLE cetelte shke seweh aha tedivelee see Murphin & Co. 
The above are all shaft mines, varying from 50 to 100 feet in 
depth. The coal is of an average thickness of three feet nine inches, 
occasionally falling to three and one-half feet and rising to four and 
one-half feet. The most easterly mines contain the thickest coal. 
The Wellston Coal and Iron Co., the Milton Furnace and Coal 
Co. and the Eliza Furnace Co. have blast furnaces along side of their 
mines, which receive their supply of coal from this seam. ‘The 
Wellston Coal and Iron Co. have two blast furnaces, both located at 
their Number 1 shaft. These mines, in addition to furnishing coal for 
their respective furnaces, ship considerable coal over the Ohio Southern 
and the Cincinnati, Toledo and St. Louis Railroads. All the other 
mines of the district rely exclusively upon shipping. 
All the coal of the Wellston or Coalton district, in which there 
are 41 mines in operation, is drawn from the same vein. ‘The coal is 
remarkably uniform in character and thickness. As will be observed, 
in following the line of mines from Jackson to Wellston, the seam 
gradually gains in height, rising from 23 at Jackson to 4 feet at 
Wellston. At the south-west end of the region the coal is noted for 
the small amount of ash it contains—frequently less than 2 per cent. 
of the whole. To the north and east, as the coal thickens, the amount 
of ash increases to 5 and 6 per cent. 
The seam is a homogeneous mass, and is met under a firm cover of 
blue shale which forms an excellent roof, and is underlain with a soft, 
