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coal, one-half inch thick. The pyritous parting, No. 5, is irregular in’ 
thickness and varies in distance from the bottom. Two feet below the 
coal a thin seam of coal two or three inches thick occurs in the fire-clay. 
Followed up Sandy Creek the bed is seen to diminish in thickness and 
at the same time to deteriorate in quality. At Oneida it is only thirty 
inches; at Pekin it is the upper bed, and is barely twenty-eight inches, 
yielding a sulphurous coal. At Malvern it has been worked to some 
extent. 
In Augusta township, about six miles from Minerva, Mr. John Griin- 
ders mines a coal which, from its position, seems to be Coal No. 6, though, 
from the lack of satisfactory exposures in the neighborhood, this relation 
can hardly be proved. The section is: 
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There are no partings, and the coal is evidently of good quality. At 
Mr. Davis’s opening, near by, the thickness is rather greater. This is 
said to be the best bank in this section, but, unfortunately, is too far from 
any village to be very serviceable. | 
The following analyses were made: No. 1, from John Moody; No. 2, 
W. Scott, upper portion of bed; No. 3, middle, and No. 4 lower portion 
of same. 
No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. 
SOOCUUG MARANA So6 aded aco boua seas oben 1,342 1.274 1.304 1.298 
WIGS. ssocas Gand esub BEB eeaeS Ge a stot 3.10 3.10. 3.20 3.30 
INST este ate PORN ora ey ae Pl 7.90 2.40 4,30 7.40 
Volatile combustible matter.........-- 30.10 34.50 30.40 32.70 
BixedacarbOlees meetin coerce OOsO0 60.00 62.10 56.60 
Motalmecmaea ene etnies a s82 55 50000 100.00 100.00 100.00 
Sulu ere eters sete sais wlan ape Ae lensuye 2.74 1.53 0.87 1.94 
SUUjoloTTe Mery TN COO s665 6on650 5GGn8 c60C 1.45 1.04 0.65 1.18 
Sulphur forming of the coke..........- 217 1.66 0.94 1.84 
Fixed gas per pound, in cubic feet ....- 3.00 3.72 3.72 3.56 
JAIN a RUSE sor apie ae eat aer Pe eee mee Fawn. Red. Pink. Gray. 
Coke .........-.--.---------.----.----Compact. Compact. Compact. Compact. 
Coal No. 5 was observed at but one locality along the Conotton. Near 
Cannonsburg, Monroe township, its outcrop, two feet thick, was seen 
about fifty feet below Coal No. 4. In the valley of Sandy Creek it 
has been opened at various points, but never worked extensively, as it is 
thin and usually yields coal of rather poor quality. In Brown township 
it has been opened at Pekin, where it is the lower bed, and is from twenty- 
five to twenty-eight inches thick. At Oneida it is said to be nearly three - 
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