The Western Coal Fields of Kentucky compose an area in the west-central part of the state, bounded by the Dripping Springs Escarpment. This area extends into Indiana. In Kentucky it borders the Pennyroyal Plateau. It is characterized by sandstones, shales and coal seams.
Coal I is worked by a drift, and coal G is worked by a shaft sunk at the foot of the hill on the bank of the creek.
In fact, the misplacing of coal seams, and the confounding of sandstones at all levels with the Mahoning sandstone of Pensylvania and the Anvil Rock sandstone of Kentucky, I might continue to trace throughout the entire coalfield of Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois.
Coal K, at Washington, in Daviess county, is a bright, rich looking coal, quite free from sulphur; is extensively mined; and meets with a ready market at St. Louis, and all the towns along the Ohio and Mississippi Railroad.
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