The Coal Deposits of Indiana

Ashley, George Hall

Indiana University

The Coal Deposits of Indiana

Ashley, George Hall

Keywords: Advice to owners of land with coal measures; Chronology of coal mining and use; Coal as a rock; Coal classification; Coal mine ventilation; Coal mining methods; Coal mining tools; Coal prospecting; Coal structure; Coal types found in Indiana; Coal working methods; Coal-burning furnaces; Composition of coal; Conditions for coal formation; Cross section of coal fields; Drainage in mines; Financial aspects of operating a coal mine; Fossils found near coal measures; General geology of Indiana coal; General properties of coal; Geographic distribution of coal; Geologic distribution of coal; Geological analysis of coal for each Indiana County; Geology of Indiana coal; History of the coal industry in Indiana; History of the geological study of Indiana coal; Importance of fossil fuels; Impurities found in coal; Location of Indiana mines; Maps of Indiana coal distribution; Methods for doing a statewide coal survey; Mining safety; Mining strike negotiations; Mining strikes in Indiana; Origin of coal; Physical features of coal; Stratigraphy of Indiana coal fields; Tools used in coal mining operations; Types of coal measures; Waste products in coal mining

URI: https://hdl.handle.net/2022/6728

Date: 1899

Publisher: Wm. B. Burford, State Contractor for Printing and Binding.

Citation: Ashley, G.H. (1899). The Coal Deposits of Indiana. In 23rd Annual Report of the Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, pp. 1-1573.

Series, #: Annual Reports of the Indiana Geological Survey; 23

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Type: Book chapter

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