COAL MINES OF LAWRENCE COUNTY. 1045 
An analysis made for the Survey shows the following composition, 
which probably represents the average product of the mines: 
New Castle Coal, Tunnel Mines (Lord). 
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Experiments have recently been made in coking the New Castle 
coal. <A quantity was sent from Ironton to Pittsburgh for this purpose. 
The coal was crushed and washed, and the resulting coke presents an 
excellent appearance. 
The daily production of the two centers already named will range 
between 300 and 500 tons. A large acreage has therefore been exhausted 
in the 20 years during which mining has been carried on here, but the 
field shows no signs of giving out. A considerable territory may be 
counted on as affording a safe basis for shipping mines. Scores of 
country banks are opened throughout the district that show the same 
conditions that are found at New Castle and Vesuvius Station. In the 
vicinity of Ironton, in particular, a large amount of coal has been taken 
to meet the local demand, and the mines have already occupied or 
exhausted the whole range of front hills. 
The furthest point that the seam reaches on the river front in going 
westward is a hill in Section 8, Hamilton township. Only the mark of 
the seam is shown here. 
All things considered, the New Castle field deserves to be counted 
one of the most valuable basins of Lower Kittanning coal in the State. 
Perhaps the Leetonia field is the only one that outranks it in value. 
The Middle Kittanning Coal, Coal No. 6—Coal No. 7, Kentucky. 
- This seam is not found in Scioto county. In Lawrence and Gallia 
it is commonly known as the Sheridan coal. Though lacking the 
splendid development that it attains in the Hocking Valley, it is still a 
steady and excellent seam. It maintains its character as reliable. 
Though falling to a measure that is not at present consistent with large 
operations for most of the field, it still affords the safest supply of most 
