1030 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
examples may also be noticed in the vicinity of Keystone. Furnace. In 
Section 19, Huntington township, on the Deckard farm, already referred 
to, the blossoms of the seam are found 20 and 29 feet above the lime- 
stone. 
The present working of the seam is indicated below. In Sec- 
tion 11, Bloomfield, it is opened and shows a thickness of 4 to 4% feet, 
at a distance of 26 feet above the limestone. In Section 18, Hunting- 
ton, it is 42 to 48 inches thick, and 28 feet above the limestone. In 
Section 14, Bloomfield, it is reported 4 feet thick, and only 15 feet above 
the limestone. In Section 5, Madison, near the furnace, this seam is 
mined for local use. It is 32 inches thick, and 22 feet from the lime- 
stone. The seam generally consists of 2 benches, the upper one being 
much the thicker. At the last-named point, they are 24 and 8 inches, 
respectively. At other points the seam is found with a thickness of 12 
to 15 inches or even less. 
By these statements the general character and promise of this coal 
seam can be estimated. While nowhere likely to become a basis of 
large operations, there will doubtless be found basins that will repay 
mining and help out the production of the general field. 
The Clarion Coal (Upper). 
The limestone coal, which lies next below, is the steadiest seam of 
the series throughout the county, and is by far the largest single source 
of fuel after the Shaft coal and the Wellston seam. It has the same 
characteristics as in Vinton county, being in all respects as good a coal 
as is yielded by this horizon anywhere. It is found in Lick, Franklin 
Jefferson, Madison, Bloomfield and Milton townships. 
Several attempts have been made to mine it for shipment, but it is 
found that it cannot be sold at the same price as the Wellston coal in 
the same markets, and it cannot be mined andhandled for less. 
The last attempt to place it upon the market was made by the 
Southern Ohio Coal Company, who opened a mine at Downerdsville, on 
Rich Run, on the line of the T. C. & St. L. (narrow gauge) Railroad, 
in Milton township. The structure of the coal is shown in the appended | 
figure: | 
The coal could not be sold, and the mine was necessarily abandoned 
after a brief period. There is a great deal of coal sold in the markets 
of the State to-day that is in no respect superior to the limestone coal 
