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The interval between (2) and (5) on the east side of the 

 township is seen to be 101 feet, and it may be reasonably expected 

 that about the same interval would occur on Meander Creek. 

 At Howenstein it is 119 feet, at Alliance 115 feet, at Lowellville 

 11 o feet. Since the Ewing ontcrop is nearer east Canfield 

 Township with the 101 foot interval, a 101 foot interval on 

 Meander Creek seems entirely reasonable. The horizon of 

 No. (5) on Meander Creek then would be about 11-11 feet above 

 sea, or about 26 feet above the Ewing coal. 



Recourse to another measurement may be taken which tends 

 to coniinn the conclusion that the horizon of the Vanport lies 

 higher than the Ewing coal. From the data on the strata at 

 Alliance and southward and with the Upper Freeport limestone 

 lying at 65 feet above the Middle Kittanning coal in the Minerva 

 Tunnel-cut it will be seen that the interval between the Vanport 

 and the Upper Freeport limestones is 121 feet in that locality. 

 The Upper Freeport limestone is found on the Canfield-Greenford 

 highway in the Goodman Hill at 1256 feet above sea. This 

 point is one mile a little south of east from the Ewing mine, and 

 the limestone is readily recognized as the Upper Freeport by its 

 brecciated character and a minute coiled worm-like fossil in great 

 numbers. The interval between the Ewing coal and the lime- 

 stone is 141 feet. Dip, if there were evidence of it in this locatliy, 

 would increase this measurement. As it is, it exceeds the first 

 measurement bv 20 feet which is near the interval between the 

 Ewing coal and the horizon at which the previous calculation 

 would place the Canfield Cannel or the coal beneath the Vanport 

 limestone. 



If the Ewing coal were the Canfield Cannel and the limestone 

 found by Dr. Orton the Vanport, then the interval between the 

 Lower Mercer and the Vanport limestone on Meander would be 

 only 93 feet which is considerably less than the average interval. 



Beardsley Outcrop. On the east branch of Meander Creek 

 and about 1 mile northwest of the County Infirmary an outcrop 

 of the Lower Mercer occurs on the farm of Edward Beardsley. Its 

 average thickness is about 3 feet and was formerly quarried 

 extensively and shipped to the furnaces at Leetonia. At 12 to 

 18 feet below the limestone a bed of coal is found which reaches 

 a thickness of 3 feet and has been mined to a considerable extent 

 for local use. It thickens and thins rapidly and at one point is 

 seen to be only 13 inches. It is certainly the same coal seen 

 below Club Lake and on Little Mill Creek. The limestone lies at 

 about 1021 feet above sea. 



Ripple Outcrop. South of West Austintown one-half mile 

 along the Erie Railroad and just above the residence of Mr. John 

 Ripple the Lower Mercer outcrops in the highway at 1028 above 

 sea. In the mine beside the old Paint Works the limestone 



