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Contents
Purpose of Study
Previous work
Field and laboratory investigations
Acknowledgments
History of Mining of Wabaunsee Coals
Geography of the Wabaunsee Coal-Bearing Area
Stratigraphy
Geographic distribution
Stratigraphic position
Thickness
Contact rock
Physical and chemical characteristics
Mining methods
Strip mines
Shaft mines
Drift mines
Number of Nodaway coal mines
Production
Noncommercial coal mined
Present production
Reserves
Bases for computing reserves
Total Nodaway coal reserves
Geographic distribution
Stratigraphic position
Thickness
Contact rock
Physical and chemical characteristics
Mining methods
Production
Reserves
Mined coals
Unmined coals
Summary of Wabaunsee Coal Production and Reserves
Wabaunsee Coal-Bearing Counties
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Kansas Geological Survey, Geology
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