MEIGS CREEK COAL. 1067 
burning into the hill has attracted considerable attention as a bed of 
iron ore. It can be of no value as an ore. Near Unionville, on J. W. 
Barkhurst’s land, the Meigs Creek coal is mined, but it is not quite as. 
thick as the Walker coal. The analysis is given below. It is unusually 
high in ash. 
Meigsville and Bristol Coal (Lord). 
1 2 3. 4 
Moisture ............+- Baas caioe siancoe ooen dees sane eee ate 2.57 2.98 3.03 4.62 
Volatile combustible matter................s00scecccees 41.50 37.17 42.03 33.33 
RPO CRCAT DO Martane re ia ceo o ca ccnicda nan Sonibewoualacossees 46.65 43.55 45.59 42.41 
ING lip tine ee een neal vaio dalsdo don etavuceneetcaeiieeeteen 5.28 16.30 9.35 19.64 
PNG Gel erect tena onic wok ce eiecde nav aoa eaes semen aoacees 100.00 100.00 100.00 | 100.00 
Sunlolntibsewerteesecccaciiesccceseces Scceaseacuics secatsniccsieusls ee 4.30 | 4.50 5.19 2.64 
1. Chas. Walker’s coal, 8. E. 4 Section 1, Meigsville township. 
No. 2. J. W. Barkhurst’s coal, Section 13, Meigsville township. 
3. Average of four analyses in Bristol township. 
No. 4. “Tough streak,” from Jos. Reed’s, Section 31, Bristol. 
Through Bristol township, Morgan county, the Meigs Creek coal 
lies high in the hills, and the broad valleys of Meigs Creek and Mann’s 
Fork, of Meigs Creek, have cut out large areas of it. The “tough 
streak” is very persistent over the entire township, ranging from 1” to 
4!’ and the entire seam from 3 feet to 43 feet. 
On the land of Webb Lawrence, in S. W. + Section 20, Bristol town- 
ship, the coal is in two benches—the upper, 20 in. thick, the lower, 
24 in., and a 4-inch “tough streak” between, making the full seam 
just 4 feet. This is the usual section of the coal through the entire. 
township. The average of four analyses is given in the above table. 
The analyses show the coal to have a lower per cent. of ash, but a 
higher per cent. of sulphur than the average of the seam. A sample of 
the “tough streak” was taken at the mine of Jos. Reed, inS. W. 4 Sec- 
tion 31, Bristol township. The coal was 3% feet thick, with 6 inches of 
tough streak near the center of the seam. The analysis of the tough 
streak is given above. 
The ash of the Meigs Creek coal is usually red, but sometimes has 
a tinge of purple. The coal usually makes clinkers in stoves. 
Over the coal, 55 feet below the Meigs Creek coal, there is fre- 
quently a sandstone that furnishes good building stone. 
