. Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. Y. 45 Section near Sandstone ; hard, massive, and rather coarse, 25- (seen) Coal blossom, ripper Kittanning bed, V (?) Concealed—shale, 50 Kittanning Middle Coal, .... $36. Kittanning Upper Coal. (Franklin T.)This bed has been opened and worked at a number ofbanks on the Wm. Wigton and Saml. W. Shannon Farms,near Muddy creek, about one mile east from Mr. Allensresidence, but most of them have fallen shut, and thosestill open were too full of water to allow a proper examina-tion to be made. The bed is
. Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. Y. 45 Section near Sandstone ; hard, massive, and rather coarse, 25- (seen) Coal blossom, ripper Kittanning bed, V (?) Concealed—shale, 50 Kittanning Middle Coal, .... $36. Kittanning Upper Coal. (Franklin T.)This bed has been opened and worked at a number ofbanks on the Wm. Wigton and Saml. W. Shannon Farms,near Muddy creek, about one mile east from Mr. Allensresidence, but most of them have fallen shut, and thosestill open were too full of water to allow a proper examina-tion to be made. The bed is claimed to measure from fourfeet to four feet ten inches, with a central parting of slatefrom two toten inches thick. At the mouth of one of thebanks, which was partly accessible, the coal gave the meas-urements shown in Fig. 19. Wigton and Shannon roof. y i q Coal 0 7 to 1 4 Slate, 0 6 Coal, Ill Slate, 0 2 Fireclay floor. In the surrounding hillsides frequent attempts have beenmade to open this bed, but it seems to lie in an irregularlyshaped pot, and is thin and poor in all of the placeswhere its outcrop can be seen. A short distance north-west from the banks, an entry was driven into the samehill for quite a long distance, but the be
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