Ohio, 1870-1871
The field book documents Fielding Meek's work in Ohio during 1868. Includes list of expenses August 8 - 30 1871, list of species found in a coal mine
Overview
Ohio, 1870-1871 is an 1870 historical mining reference by Meek, F. B (Fielding Bradford), preserved in the Mountain Man Mining research library, focused on coal West Virginia geology. The field book documents Fielding Meek's work in Ohio during 1868.
This 1870 document, Ohio, 1870-1871, is preserved in the Mountain Man Mining Library for research and reference. Original source: archive.org.
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Prospector’s Notes
Context and takeaways added by the Mountain Man Mining team to help you use this document.
- Field notebooks like this record raw observations — fossil species, coal seams, and expenses — that later fed formal geological reports, making them primary-source documents for reconstructing 19th-century survey work.
- Fossil identifications noted in coal-bearing strata were a key correlation tool of the era, helping geologists trace and match coal beds across the Appalachian region.
- Historical field books can hint at where coal outcrops were examined, but seam presence in the 1800s says nothing about modern mineability, ownership, or reserves — all of which require current verification.