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Coal Resources of the Douglas Group

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Contents

Foreword

Abstract

Introduction

Purpose of the report

Field investigations

Acknowledgments

Previous publications

Geography

Location of the area

Topography and its relation to coal mining

Transportation facilities

Recent Trends in Coal Consumption in Eastern Kansas

Mining Methods

Development of mining methods

Strip mining

Drift and slope mining

Shaft mining

Coal in the Douglas Group

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

Mine Data

References


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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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