MEIGS CREEK COAL. 1081 
between the roof coal and the main seam being found all regular between 
the white limestone and the regular seam. 
The coal is opened and worked for winter supply on almost every 
farm through the township, and is seldom found under 4 feet in thick- 
ness. Although the coal is well up in the hills, it can easily be reached 
by railroads, as the B., Z. & C. R. R. crosses the ridge far above the 
coal. The Bellaire, Zanesville and Cincinnati Railroad is a narrow- 
gauge, and just finished from Bellaire to Zanesville. 
Seneca township, Noble county, has very little of the Meigs Creek 
coal. Itis found only in the highest ridge in the township. The ridge 
between Beaver Fork and Seneca Fork of Wills Creek holds quite a 
large outlier, which furnishes coal for the adjoining farmers. 
The dividing ridge between Seneca Fork and Buffalo Fork of 
Wills Creek holds the largest area of the coal inthe township. ‘This is 
worked near Mt. Ephraim, in the mine of Sam’! McConnell, in N. W. ¢ 
‘Section 33, Seneca township, and gives the following section: 
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The roof coal is left for roof, the clay shale being taken out of the 
entries, and in the rooms it is thrown back as it falls down. 
No higher coal marks were found. A very faint mark of the Pitts- 
burgh coal was found at one place only. 
Wayne township, Noble county, has only a few outliers of the 
_ Meigs Creek coal in the N. HE. corner. The coal is in the very top of 
the hills, and, as far as could be learned, rather thin. 
The coal has been opened in 8. EH. ¢ Section 21, and in N. W. 4 
Section 28, Wayne township. The coal in both cases was reported as 
about 3 feet thick. 3 
A faint coal mark was seen at 50 to 55 feet below the Meigs Creek 
coal, but nothing found of the Pittsburgh coal, which ought to bea 
little lower. 
A few feet below the Meigs Creek coal is a thick sandstone, which 
