MEIGS CREEK COAL. 1069° 
The coal was hard and bright, and makes red ashes. 
In S. E. + Section 19, Centre township, a section showing the 
strata above the coal was measured as follows: : 
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The bone coal and slack are here used for burning lime, which is. 
done in open piles. 
In N. W. ¢ Section 26, the coal goes under Olive Green Creek, 
and the dam of Moscow Mills is built upon it. From this to the south 
and east the coal is below drainage, but to the north and west it soon 
gets above the creek. , 
On John Henderson’s land, in 8. W. 4 Section 23, the coal is 5 feet 
above the creek, and has two benches—an upper one of 19 inches, and 
a lower one of 21 inches, with 3 inches of slate and bone coal between. 
In N. E. 4 Section 23, Centre township, a section was measured, 
including two coals above the Meigs Creek coal. The higher is, by 
barometer, 245 to 255 feet above the Meigs Creek coal, and the lower 
is, by hand-level, 156 feet above the Meigs Creek coal. Neither of 
them was found opened. 
At this and some other points in Central township a thick sand- 
stone from 20 to 30 feet thick is found a few feet above the coal, and 
quite frequently a thick sandstone was noticed close under the coal. 
On the land of R. W. Combs, in 8. E. ¢ 8S. W. ¢ Section 9, Centre 
township, the Meigs Creek coal is mined for the local supply and lime- 
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It here has two benches, separated by a black slate of 4 inches. 
The upper bench is 13 inches, and the lower 30 inches (see the analysis 
below). In this mine a few clay veins are found, but are neither large 
nor frequent enough to be of serious trouble: 
