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114.
3.
Old Boucher Mine in Upper Freeport.
(QS-87) Several caved openings
with shale roof showing.
115.
Caved openings in gulley below Boucher
Mine. Coal (boney) + shale on dump,
seepage up gulley & down. Lower
than coal in Boucher mine, may
be Lower Freeport.
116.
Old caved mine. Opened on crop & mined
down dip.
117.
Jame P. Willey opening in
coal. Supposedly about 3' coal
here. Now caved but over 2'
smut on crop.
118.
Old openings in Upper Freeport
made by James P. Willey. Three
in all. Coal reported to be
(by Snyder) 25 to 30" above, binder
45" below.
119.
Burkholder opening, caved, in
coal. Shale roof,
thickness of coal not known.