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the coal shows some white streaks and more or less tendency to decom- 
pose, so that the pyrites is pretty well disseminated. The top layer, 
for six inches, is poor and is not removed. Partings of mineral char- 
coal are frequent, and thin layers of it seem to alternate with those of 
coal. The blast is seldom resorted to in mining, and the bank is thought 
‘to be one of the best in the county. At Mr. Armstrong’s bank, near Mr. 
Scott’s, the bed is six feet, and yields an excellent coal, which is inferior 
to none found in this township. 
Near Cannonsburg we obtain the following section from Mr. T. Tholy’s 
bank: 
FT. IN 
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Oa ESM OBEY sea SE iS CEES SG SS RI ITT ES eA eae eS 3 0 
Sh : Choad SESS HSSS8S Ce SS FES ARS AO SO CHIE OCI Te EE nae eee gee ee eae HNO) 
4, CHES? scabSadaqusd Uoeqoo Bab esee RO OCEs OC On EEO Ub COOUr EBB erO nonear 0 24 
Hy) (CORUM E CE GRAS Bs a ey tek Eel en ye ees ea eer 1 5 
D. INWS-Elany (SOG) Sse so SSa5 bebe ees pen dee Usosad Con OOO CHee Heese BE ae 1 6 
Of pyrites there is a notable quantity, especially in the lower bench. 
Streaks are numerous above, but are never so persistent as to form part- 
ings. The coal is irregularly bedded and much “slickensided.” Though 
not very compact and apt to disintegrate upon exposure, it is quite hard 
and is mined by blasting. Hast from Cannonsburg, Mr. Wilken has the 
coal about four feet six inches thick. It is good, with much volatile mat- 
ter, but contains enough pyrites to make it disintegrate readily on expo- 
sure. The clay parting shows many impressions of St¢gmaria ficoides. 
Near the Cross Roads, Mr. Samuel Smith has four feet six inches of very 
good coal, but works it nolonger. In the same neighborhood, Mr. George 
Stoody’s bank shows a thickness of four feet six inches, as follows: 
FT. IN. 
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Soman Oca liurets appre ap Regueh Rta FM ry aS TIER ON eis ota eds hI IS tis 1 6 
In the upper bench there are two or three thin partings, but they are not 
persistent. Little pyrites appears either as streaks or nodules, and the 
coal has a good reputation. About a mile south from the Cross Roads, Mr. 
Conrad Pearch has opened the coal, which there shows as follows: 
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3, JPRIPHIIE occc0n ca0o59 0n0G00 290000 005600 don6 cagnaG Sno oen ebbueH 4abE 0 4 
By QW) s55556 dashes Bore OOS BS SEeEC CROODR EEO OO SON By es aren) iameeuaen 1 “ee 
S IPAIRWINE coosscice ga od0000 ccasu0 Gado bodebs De055D Gon S06 B4Ge6n eSCOuE 0 z 
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