HUD 3 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
wants. At an opening belonging to Mr. Edwards, the bed shows the 
following: 
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The bank had fallen in near the mouth when visited, and preparation 
for winter work had not yet begun, so that detailed measurement could 
not be made. The thickness of the roof coal is given on the authority 
of Mr. Edwards, as at the bank only four feet could be seen. This ex- 
pansion is extraordinary, no more than three feet having been observed 
at any other locality. The coal from both portions of the bed is said to 
be of very fair quality. In the same neighborhood the coal is worked 
by Messrs. Cusick & Caminski, and is about five feet thick, but the roof 
coal is much thinner than at Mr. Edwards’ bank. 
Two miles above these cpenings, No. 8a is seen in the road, barely one 
foot thick. Near by is an old opening upon No. 8¢, which shows almost 
hree and one-half feet of very fair coal. 
In the extreme north-western portion of the township Coal No. 8 is 
mined by several persons residing on McIntyre’s Creek. At Mr. Shackle- 
ford’s bank the bed shows— 
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This bank had partially fallen in, and no exact measurement could be 
made. The coal is much harder than in banks further up the stream. 
‘The “brick coal” contains many large nodules of pyrites, which, being 
in the “bearing-in bench,” render the coal hard to dig. There appears 
to be a great deal of pyrites throughout the bed, as the coal slacks quite 
readily upon exposure. In Mr. J. Southerland’s bank, near by, we find— 
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The roof coal is quite good, and the clay is very regular, showing little 
yariation in thickness. Lenticular masses of pyrites are not uncommon 
in the “brick coal,” and weigh from one to thirty pounds. The pyrites 
band near the top is quite distinct. The coal is soft and easily mined. 
-At Mr. Ezra Fell’s opening the bed is— 1 
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