PIKE COUNTY. 633 
two townships south of the last named, viz., in Marion and Union town- 
ships. | 
The lower ccal seam has been worked for several years in the neigh- 
borhood of California, in section 33, Marion township. The coal is some- 
what slaty in parts of the seam, but answers very well for household use. 
It measures twenty-one inches to twenty-four inches at the only opening 
now worked. It rests on a heavy ledge of very coarse conglomerate, and 
is situated in all respects like the outcrops of Jackson township. 
The same seam has been worked three miles to the north-west of this 
point, on the farm of John Feesor, in section 19, Union township. This 
is the westernmost outcrop of coal thus far recorded in the State. It is, 
in fact, west of the line which the Scioto River reaches in its excursion 
to the eastward in the northern part of the county. If a similar deflec- 
tion of the river had chanced to take place at this point, coal would have 
been found on the west side of this great boundary—the Scioto River. 
Analyses of the coal furnished by the last named townships are here 
added. The first is the California coal, from A. Hendricks’s bank; the 
second is from Feesor’s bank, Union township: 
Se CHICHOMAV ULV arenes nents atest ceed en dace cuudiah seaucess cs icvalecstes 1.327 1.378 
NIOISTUING Ieee ter inn token nea et luwenll tT luc Bs 8.70 ALO 
JANES] OVE HAA CARER Re mE a AAT dt CNR AE SE AL RR De RO eae 4,20 6.80 
Volatile combustible matter ......... Oa AR SN Cia See a ee 28.30 29.50 
UXO CM CATO OMe mae itn unum ee aire ined eH ceh ia! isi ae) Leah 58.80 56.60 
100.00 100.00 
Sulla eoaeenre ate ronsen Matar vecuenuann, Se essen seek |.) arcuate 0.74 0.46 
ss NSU RINE CO Kei Neaeay setae cae eerie cic Eisy Rute wanennenine tec 0.27 0.27 
i NOVATDNTAYES Joe HBAUE, OP (BOL) Gonccn cosgdsocd ao0beD CONOCIS 0.42 0.42 
GaswoeculiiontOveM Oleg ee tienwccscceses cokes vee. tias voncescualses tone sss 3.64 3.24 
ANOS Sei ceals RS Seete shes a eg a PUP SII a TT mo eA SAE Yellow Yellow 
COLOUR ESE He Ska tae csc a HARE A ony AT SN RT LA al AA AUC Pulverulent Pulverulent 
A brief summary of the facts in regard te coal in Pike county will be 
here given. 
The lower seam has been found and worked in three townships of the 
county. The seam has a general thickness of two feet. The quality 
of the coal is certainly fair. It is nearly free from sulphur, but has a 
larger percentage of ash than is found in coals of the first quality. 
This fact is not, however, shown in the analyses above given. It 
is by no means certain that the seam extends uninterruptedly between 
even the nearest outcrops. The lower coal seam is known to be every 
where capricious, suddenly thinning out and disappearing; but observa- 
