1072 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
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At Rixville, in Section 3, Rich Hill township, on John Smith’s 
land, the coal is worked for a steam mill. The coal is 49 inches thick, 
and has a 3-inch clay parting, 24 inches from the top, and 7 inches of 
slaty coal, 10 inches above the bottom. The analysis of the Rixville 
coal is herewith given: 
Rixville Coal (Lord). 
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At Rixville the Pittsburgh coal has been opened at 82 feet below 
the Meigs Creek coal, and found 30 inches thick. A solid seam with 
no partings. 
The Meigs Creek coal is found a few miles north of Rixville, in 
Union township, Muskingum county, in small outliers, but the coal is 
of little value. 
The coal also follows a ridge east from Rixville, into Westland and 
Spencer townships, Guernsey county. It is found only in the extreme 
south-western corner of Westland township, Guernsey county, and is 
very high in the ridge. It was reported from 3% to 4 feet, with a part-- 
ing near the center. Spencer township, Guernsey county, has more of 
the Meigs Creek coal than any other township of Guernsey county 
The coal is found in a high ridge, north of Cumberland, running east 
between two forks of Wills Creek. In the N. E. 4 Section 29, Spencer 
township, the coal is 48 inches thick, with a clay parting 1 to 2 inches, 
13 inches below the top, and a 3-inch bone coal, 9 inches above the 
bottom. The lower 8 inches of the middle bench is rather slaty and 
poor. 
