Charles E. Krebs
Published: 2017-09-17
Total Pages: 782
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Excerpt from West Virginia Geological Survey, Vol. 4: Kanawha County; Paleontology The chapter on coal gives the thickness, character and general distribution of the several minable beds, along with an approximate estimate of the available area and tonnage of each vein with a final summary of the total available coal for the county. The commercial mines and Openings are referred to in the table of analyses therein by serial numbers, the same corresponding to numbers assigned to the symbol designating the accurate location of the mine on the map referred to above. Chapter XII gives a description of the clays and the clay industry, aroad materials, building stone, forests and carbon black industry. The final chapter on the soil and its products. Prepared by W. I. Latimer, of the Bureau of Soils of the Department ofxvi author's preface. Agriculture, well trained and. Versed in his profession, cannot fail to interest the progressive farmers of the county. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.