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The coal deposits of the township, so far as developed,
do not give evidence of being either as rich or extensive
as those in other portions of the county,
although coal mining has been carried on within its
boundaries for many years. On the Alexander WELSH farm
the Upper Freeport coal in its best form was found and mined
for a long time, while on the LAVERY farm an opening was
made in the same vein in the early days of the township's
history. Openings were also made on the FISHER and KENNEDY
farms. The latter, however, was opened while searching
for the Lower Freeport coal, but the effort does not
appear to have met with a rich reward.
On the Renfrew lands, below the mouth of Thorn creek, the Coleman coal was found above the Buffalo sandstone; the Upper Freeport fifty-eight feet above the Connoquenessing creek, and the Lower Freeport two feet above that stream. Mr. RENFREW worked the three coal beds. He also burned the Freeport limestone at that point. In the northwest corner of the township the Buffalo sandstone makes an unusually massive showing in the "Town Rocks" -- detached blocks, some as large as a cottage. Back http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genkim/Main.html |