. [Reports vol. I-XIII]. twolocalities at present, namely, Danforth and Stahl on the Quincy,Omaha and Kansas City railway, west of Kirkville and westof the Chariton river. The workings at Danforth are a mile or so west of the riverand are in the lower coal bed. The characteristics of the coaland the associated strata suggest the possibility that this bed is The Danforththe same as that at the bottom of the Milan shaft, described on 1 Eeport Mo. Geol. Survey 1873-74, pp. 222-239. 2 Opus cite pp. 222-225. Until detailed work is done in the county, nothing further can be said, inreference to such
. [Reports vol. I-XIII]. twolocalities at present, namely, Danforth and Stahl on the Quincy,Omaha and Kansas City railway, west of Kirkville and westof the Chariton river. The workings at Danforth are a mile or so west of the riverand are in the lower coal bed. The characteristics of the coaland the associated strata suggest the possibility that this bed is The Danforththe same as that at the bottom of the Milan shaft, described on 1 Eeport Mo. Geol. Survey 1873-74, pp. 222-239. 2 Opus cite pp. 222-225. Until detailed work is done in the county, nothing further can be said, inreference to such correlation, other than that we are inclined to the opinionthat this lower coal belongs much higher up in the section, eVen above theMilan coal. 60 PRELIMINARY REPORT ON COAL. Possibly the MilanDed. p. 22, but further study is necessary before such an assertioncan be considered of much value. It is operated by a steamplant and the shaft is 50 feet deep. The following section ofthe coal was measured here : Feet. Sbale, arenaceous;in plaees. Coal. Shale, Clay, drab, shaly and hard. Limestone. drab and slaty Cbaracterjof roof. Fig. 20. Section of coal bedat Danfortb Shaft. The coal is very hard and contains streaks of pyrite. It isCharacter of coal, mined by the pillar and room method and blasted from the solid,as the underlying clay is too hard to admit of ready coal contains few if any faults and the face is comparativelyclean. The roof, though variable to a certain extent, is poor inmany places, the air current through the entries causing theshale in the roof to flake off constantly. Work by the long wallmethod is impracticable here on account of the character of roofand, further, the workings being near the surface, the amountof water which would be admitted from above, through thesettling and consequent fracturing of the overlying shale, offersanother objection. This coal l)ed has been opened at otherpoints east of Danforth, nearer the
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