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Coal deposit at Wheeling. 



Coal deposit at JVheelingy Virginia, 



The hills in this vicinity are about two hundred and fifty feet in 

 height; varying from that, down to one hundred and fifty. The to- 

 pography of this contiguous portion of Virginia^ is much hke that 

 of the Monongahela valley. The hills abound in coal; very similar 



In some of the beds it is 

 beautifully iridescent, vying in splendor v^^ith some of the richest an- 

 thracites. Vast quantities are annually sent from this ne^ighborhood 

 to the towns below the coal deposits on the Ohio river. 



Section of the Wheeling Coal Strata. 



Order, descending.— Dip 1° S. W. 



in its character to that of Pittsburgh. 



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Fig. 13. 





6 



2 



7 



24 



8 



3 



9 



1 



10 



7 



11 



8 



1 3 



11-9 



Bed of the Ohio river. 



182reet. 



1. Yellowish clay loam on the top of the hill; growth of oak; 

 beech and hickory ; soil rather poor and thin, formed chiefly of the 

 decomposed argillaceous sandstone rock beneath. — 10 feet- 



2. Argillaceous, slaty, sandstone rock; easily decomposing. — 12 

 feet. 



