COAL MINES OF JACKSON COUNTY. 1033 
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Muddy shale. 
The miner attacks the seam in the 6 inches of bituminous coal 
that caps it. 
The position of the seam can be readily determined in most 
parts of the field by reference to the Big Red Block Ore, which is 
universally known. The cannel coal is the first seam above the ore, 
the interval between the two ranging from 10 to 30 feet. This brings 
it 65 to 75 feet below the Ferriferous limestone. In Vinton county, 
as will be remembered, a seam of large volume but of uncertain com- 
position is referred to this horizon, viz., the Newland coal, of Elk 
township. The horizon is fairly steady throughout the district so far 
as some sort of an attempt at coal-making is concerned, but scarcely 
another opening on it is reported in Jackson county. 
According to present knowledge, the Tionesta coal does not make 
an important addition to the mineral resources of Jackson county. 
SUMMARY. 
It is thus seen that four seams of coal are mined in shipping 
banks in Jackson county. They are as follows: the Shaft seam, 
the Wellston coal, the Cannel coal, the Limestone coal. 
The Shaft seam sujports two shipping banks at Jackson in 
addition to the several furnace mines. There are also several small 
shipping mines along the railroad, west of Jackson. 
The Wellston coal is the main-spring of the coal mining in- 
dustry of the country. The development of this field has advanced 
with great rapidity. In 1878, not more than 10,000 tons of coal were 
shipped from Jackson county. During that year, two new lines of 
railway, built with the special object of reaching this coal, entered the 
field. The roads are the Ohio Southern (I. B. and W.), and the 
Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis R’y (Narrow Gauge.) 
In 1880, the shipments reached nearly 300,000 tons, and in 1883, 
nearly 400,000 tons. During the past 6 years more than 40 mines 
