170 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
benches; the upper part an open-burning coal, resembling the Briar 
Hill. On the north side of the valley it is said to be seven feet in thick- 
ness, but has not been opened to such an extent as to fairly test its qual- 
ity. The coal mined by J. B. Hawkins, east of the residence of Hon. 
Arvine Wales, in the suburbs of Massillon, is Coal No. 3. It is here 
twenty-six inches in thickness, is overlain by gray shale twenty feet 
thick, above which les the Zoar limestone. The coal is here one hun- 
dred and twenty feet, by barometer, above the Brooks coal (No. 1) at 
Bridgeport; but as the dip is easterly, the interval is doubtless consider- 
ably greater. The separation of the coal and limestone at the Hawkins 
Mine, though unusual, is not without precedent. 
By far the best exposure of Coal No. 3 in the county is at Fisher’s bank, 
near Sugar Creek Station. The section at that locality is as follows: 
FT. 
i eeiSandstonevandishaley. oof ise ech oe ere Cuan eter ete 2 reaper petary es ieee geen pL nee 20 
2. Coal blossom (No. 6). 
3b CHRKY SIMD sone coop cnedes o6000 co0009 S500 Song Gsan Seda FESO GcSobRSeDeas a) 
4. Coal No. 5 (outerop). 
SE Te=C Layee setae neta eae ciara ete Pees LAER ens IA chee ieee Aan A Git. | 5 (2) 
Gi Gray shalenss. 22585 Fen selsais sells Soles soe Siete ate sree cine al arate steer teh eres 45 
Tj OT AYO CSUONG se sr, 6 Sars oS Goce) ee rate ele erate Sen natal en sta otek eee) emia bate ea ae 3-4 
Bie COMMN OE Aig 2h ee ds py ae See ee geile Sie Ue Laat dete Sap ey ceed eRe 4-5 
Oy SEM POs Cl@Y). yo Nile ses tei ola Mahe oc oleae atole tore ated =te te Perea inoe suerte [Spe erate eae eta emese eae 4 
10. Shale and sandstone ..---.-.. Ne et ae ae es APL ERNE Stet area a, 50 
Me Coal NOK. ee phe SHE PEN ee A EY te atone iat ea oe 3 
TQ) MnO Cla Niy settee wie] She etek eee eee chore oa ie ape ese aye ete ena yea a ater ty as 3 
In this section no limestone is seen above No. 3, and it may be want- 
ing here, but it is most probably separated from the coal, as at the Haw- 
kins Mine, and its outcrop concealed. 
I give below two analyses of Coal No. 4, which will illustrate its vari- 
ability of composition. No. 1 is from the Trumbull Company’s shaft, 
Magnolia, No. 2 from Browning’s mill: 
No. 1. No. 2. 
SOCCIUG PAP INANIN? od aso6 Good d654 65 cb Sade aonb Koes Conoco occas, dhe 1.342 
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AEG FI RSs BoE Sins Ss HOB See DOO Ooo rad a 506 OUST O MOO SAO ehOS COON 2.40 
ONS) (ee Se ne Ae ye iar Sol Selo BOO MIC Me Cesare 2.70 9.80 
Volatile; combustibles se). oe cee entaaeneeenion eae ener 30.80 31.80 
Mixed carbon "ie jcaie Ye carter scie iene aise ev sete SESE UE eae 59.50 56.00 
PDO treads soe ease SR NT eC We tee area 100.00 100.00 
OWI 0) 0110 8 Deere RRR e TERN danas ee eee SO a bolas 0.65 2.00 
WIXed Cas, CUBIC Teeth sos 2ae sees ole aie cere eee ape ele ete 3.50 3.68 
Coat No. 5. 
This coal lies usually about fifty feet above the gray limestone over 
Coal No. 4. As a general rule, in Stark county it is two and a half to 
