MEIGS CREEK COAL. 1073 
A soft, coarse sandstone is here found a few feet above the coal, 
which is quarried and crushed, and used for building sand in Cumber- 
land. Most of the coal used in Cumberland is mined just to the south 
in the edge of Brookfield township, Noble county. It is from this par- 
ticular field that the name Cumberland was applied by Professor 
Andrews to the seam. Every township of Noble county, except Buffalo, 
holds the Meigs Creek coal. The best areas are in the western and 
southern parts of the county. The broad valleys of the West Fork, of 
Duck Creek, in the Central part, and of Buffalo, Seneca and Beaver 
Forks, of Wills Creek, in the northern part, cut out large areas of the 
seam. 7 
The seam will average for the entire country very nearly 4 feet. 
It is often reached 5 feet, but also frequently comes down to 23 and 3 ft. 
In several townships a “roof coal” from 12” to 18” is found, 6” to 
18” above the main seam. In this it resembles the Pittsburgh coal 
through Belmont county. 
The Meigs Creek coal still holds its high per cent. of ash and 
sulphur through all Noble county ; Brookfield township, Noble county, 
holds the Meigs Creek coal in all parts, except the extreme north- 
eastern corner. 
In the eastern and northern parts, the coal is high in the hills, 
while in the southern and western parts it is only a few feet above the 
creek valleys. In the S. W. ¢ Section 4, Brookfield township, on 
H. C. Hunter’s land, the coal gave the following section: 
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On Geo. McEndrie’s land the same coal is mined, and gives prac- 
tically the same section. These mines furnish a greater part of the coal 
used in Cumberland. At about 30 to 40 feet below the coal, in northern 
Brookfield township, there is a ledge of fine-grained, tough sandstone 
that makes an excellent building stone. The ledge is about 15 feet 
thick. These quarries furnished the main supply of stone for Guernsey 
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