Ohio, Brooke and Hancock counties . rea that the sag in the coalat the Rex. mine is found. The coal could be readily mined to theeast and delivered to a railroad up Potrock run. Mining Area, B-3. This area contains 254 acres and 2,176,-000 tons of coal, which dips to the south. It extends from therun on the eastern side of the last area to just beyond the stateline, and it could be added to the area of B-5 or the coal couldbe delivered through drifts opening on Potrock run. By adding the tonnage of areas B-2 and B-3 to that of B-ia total of 24,245,000 tons could be mined and credited against t
Ohio, Brooke and Hancock counties . rea that the sag in the coalat the Rex. mine is found. The coal could be readily mined to theeast and delivered to a railroad up Potrock run. Mining Area, B-3. This area contains 254 acres and 2,176,-000 tons of coal, which dips to the south. It extends from therun on the eastern side of the last area to just beyond the stateline, and it could be added to the area of B-5 or the coal couldbe delivered through drifts opening on Potrock run. By adding the tonnage of areas B-2 and B-3 to that of B-ia total of 24,245,000 tons could be mined and credited against theexpense of a branch railroad up Potrock run. Mining Area, B-4. This area contains 681 acres and 5,832,-000 tons of coal. It is situated on the ridge between Painters andTitt runs, with the coal dipping southeast. This area has been opened by a commercial mine located atthe south end of the ridge, which will deliver the coal by an in-cline to a railroad on Buffalo creek. At the time of the surveythis mine was not yet in WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 231 Mining Area, B-5. This area contains 4600 acres and 39,-390,000 tons of coal. It includes all the coal of the southeasterncorner of the quadrangle, extending north to a line drawn one-fourth to a half mile north of and nearly parallel to the Wellsburgand Fowlersville pike, and west to Titt run and the head ofPainters run. The outcrop on Pierce run presents a very favorable pointfor the development of this large body. A small area directlyeast of the outcrop on Pierce run may be found too low to drainitself, but the remaining portion is in excellent position for min-ing from this location. Whatever portion is too low for gooddrainage can be drained by a dolly drift opening further downPierce run. Such a development of this large coal area would re-quire three miles and a half of railroad down Pierce run to a con-nection with the railroad now built on Buffalo creek. PITTSBURG COAL BETWEEN CROSS CREEK ANDHARMON RUN
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