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itself is handsome, and yields a very compact and beautiful coke. There 
is evidently an open-burning layer, as some of the coke retains the form 
and appearance of the coal. 
Coal No. 10 is only fifteen inches thick on Captain Crawford’s property, 
and has not been observed elsewhere. No.9 was not seen in Pease town- 
ship. Coal No. 8) is one foot six inches at Captain Crawford’s, and lies 
fifty-six feet above No. 8. On Glen’s Run, about two miles from its 
mouth and opposite the mill, this coal is only six inches thick, and lies 
fifty feet above No. 8. Back of Kirkwood No. 8¢ is worked, and shows a 
thickness of three feet. 
Coal No. 8 is mined for shipment by Mr. W. J. Rainey in section 13. 
The coal here shows: | 
¥T. IN 
Who (ORI BEBE ees cet ai alae Baicnt ten Beni | RE oles ar SA Oe Si Pe ae Eo ea SEES 2 0 
2 (CINE 365 Che ee tees tone AAAS OAM air Mile pea neh Ter gee Sas Rene aa ea geeg 2 to 6 
Bo CORE 6a SSG GES ee ea a Nee REN Pe et aN Ma 6-4 4 
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The roof-coal has not. been worked, but where it has fallen down and so 
been exposed it appears to be of good quality. The clay varies consider- 
ably at the expense of the coal below, but averages about ten inches, and 
at one spot contains a two-inch seam of coal. The coal of the lower bed 
varies in quality; six inches at the bottom is usually worthless, and the 
lower bench is apt to contain an undue percentage of pyrites. Mr. 
Rainey mines 30,000 tons per annum, the quantity being limited only 
by the opportunity toship. He states that the coal is in demand for gas 
manufacture, and brings within thirty cents per ton of as much as the 
Connellsville coal. 
On Glen’s Run there are several deserted openings in which the main 
coal averages five feet ten inches. At Mr. Sedgwick’s the bed shows: 
FT. IN 
No? SUMS eels GE Be BENS: Bis eee anes ee fete aa Ea ue a ea a geo 7 0 
2s OMEN cps cidoter sts Re et tea Ne cs ee a SI ae 1 3 
ah CHAN cea eS SSSR AS Actes Rte Cae EO yen AIL aN APS 3 tice ee ne 1 2 
AY, (OO Gat SEU BSUS Sea ee Bea EPS Sane a NOLEN orn oA RC 5 4 
The roof-coal is poor and slaty. In No. 4 the upper bench is a good, 
clean coal, with little pyrites; the middle bench is poor and usually cast 
away; and the lower bench is slaty, though it burns well, and evidently 
contains much volatile combustible matter. For six inches at the bot- 
tom it is worthless. 
At Mr. McConaghy’s opening the section is the same, excepting that 
the lower coal is five feet seven inches. At Mr. Koehnlein’s works, near 
Bridgeport, the coal sometimes becomes seven feet. On the National 
