Report of Progress in the Fayette & Westmoreland District of the Bituminous Coal-Fields of Western Pennsylvania; The Ligonier Valley
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Report of Progress in the Fayette & Westmoreland District of the Bituminous Coal-Fields of Western Pennsylvania; The Ligonier Valley

Report of Progress in the Fayette & Westmoreland District of the Bituminous Coal-Fields of Western Pennsylvania; The Ligonier Valley


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ...railroad just east from Bolivar for at Lockport, which is but little north of east from Bolivar, the Clarion coal bed is 15 feet above the stream, whereas it goes under the river at a very short distance east from Bolivar. At Lockport a gentle anticlinal crosses the river. The sandstone, No. 20, is well exposed as a cliif along Tub-mill up to half a mile from the river, where it passes under the stream. Its upper layers are white, very pure and are used at the Bolivar brick-works in the manufacture of gas-retorts. The Clarion coal bed is known as the " soft-clay" vein in distinction from the Upper Freeport which is called the hard-clay vein. The coal is of fairly good quality and is used for fuel at the mill. The underlying clay is leadcolored, contains many rootlets and is mixed with the hard clay at the brick-works. The Brookville coal bed is at the river level near Bolivar and its blossom is exposed in a railroad cut west from the village. Following up Tub-mill above where the Upper Freeport coal bed goes under, one finds no good exposures, though the Mahoning sandstone remains in sight almost to Covodeville. Between that place and West Fairfield everything is concealed, but on the hill leading from the latter village to the run, on the way to New Florence, the following imperfect section belonging to near the base of the Lower Barrens was seen. (Fig. 95.) Returning to the main stream one finds Mr. T. Neil's quarry in the Freeport limestone at a short distance above Ross furnace where the section is: (Fig. 96.)........... "I-The Upper Freeport coal bed is not fully exposed and the measurement was made on a slip. Some shale may intervene between the coal and the Mahoning sandstone. The limestone is dull bluish gray, clearly quite ar...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781235902192
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 92
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1235902196
  • Publisher Date: 01 May 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 181 gr

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