The Meigs Creek no. 9 coal bed in Ohio
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Date
1952
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Ohio. Division of Geological Survey
Abstract
The location of the Meigs Creek coal deposits
is shown on Map L (See following page.) As calculated
in this study this bed extends in mineable
thickness over 1040 square miles, and contains
3,973,331,000 tons of coal reserves. These remaining
reserves in the Meigs Creek bed are believed
to be the largest in any of Ohio's easily available
coal deposits, except perhaps in the Pittsburgh #8
seam, The coal lies near the ~face and is easily
accessible by stripping. This has caused a 400%
rise in the production of coal from the seam during
the past 8 years. Quality wise, the cool in the #9
seam does not compare well with other Ohio coals,
so that to date its chief utilization has been in the
production of electrical power, In much of the
field, the seam occurs as two beds, or benches, separated by as much as 30 inches of clay parting which
adds to the difficulty in mining and cleaning. This
has necessitated the compilation of reserve tonnage
separately for each of the benches. Part II of the
report discusses laboratory investigations of methods
of improving the quality of the coal by mechanical
cleaning. Part I contains a discussion of the
geology of the seam and gives the reserves by
thickness (14 -28" , 28"-42", 42"-54", etc.) and by
reliability category (proven, probable, and inferred)
for each township in which mineable Meigs Creek
coal occurs,
Description
The Meigs Creek no. 9 coal bed in Ohio: Part 1 - Geology and reserves, by William H. Smith, Russell A. Brant, and Fred Amos. Part 2 - Washability characteristics and other properties, by Peter O. Krumin.