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Contents
Purpose of the report
Field investigations
Acknowledgments
Previous publications
Location of the area
Topography and its relation to coal mining
Transportation facilities
Recent Trends in Coal Consumption in Eastern Kansas
Development of mining methods
Strip mining
Drift and slope mining
Shaft mining
Stratigraphy
Physical boundaries
Divisions
Physical characteristics
Subsurface relationships
Sedimentational aspects
Previously mined coal beds
Blue Mound coal bed
Stratigraphic relationships
Quality
Mining history
Reserves and accessibility
"Ottawa" coal bed
Stratigraphic relationships
Quality
Mining history
Reserves and accessibility
Lower Sibley coal bed
Stratigraphic relationships
Quality
Mining history
Reserves and accessibility
Upper Sibley coal bed
Stratigraphic relationships
Quality
Mining history
Reserves and accessibility
Lower Williamsburg coal bed
Stratigraphic relationships
Quality
Mining history
Reserves and accessibility
Upper Williamsburg coal bed
Stratigraphic relationships
Quality
Mining history
Franklin County
Osage County--Quenemo district
Anderson County
Coffey County
Woodson County
Greenwood County
Reserves and accessibility
Other coal beds in the Douglas group
Summary of reserves and possible developments
Tonganoxie district--Leavenworth County
Possible developments
Blue Mound district--Douglas County
Williamsburg district--Franklin, Coffey counties
Possible developments
Ottawa district--Franklin County
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
Placed on web Jan. 28, 2009; originally published Sept. 1943.
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