54 Upper Coal Measures of 



coal, 1 ft. ; shale, 1 ft. 7 in. ; coal, 6 in. ; highly bituminous 

 slate 2 ft. ; coal, 4 ft. 4 in. 



One mile south of this, at Mr. Isaac Rigg's bank, the fol- 

 lowing section was taken : — shale, 10 ft. ; coal, 9 in. ; shale 

 1 ft. 4 in. ; coal, 4 ft. 



At the mouth of Little Paw-paw creek in Marion Co., Mr. 

 Fluhearty's opening shows the following: — shale, 6 ft.; 

 coal, 6 in. ; shale, 3 in. ; coal, 1 ft. 7 in. ; shale, 6 in. ; coal, 

 1 ft. 2 in. ; shale, 1 ft. 4 in. ; coal, 4 ft. 



Five miles northwest of this, at Bassettsville, on Big 

 Paw-paw, it shows the following : — shale, 4 ft. ; coal, 1 ft. ; 

 shale, 1 ft. 2 in. ; coal, 3 ft. 



Farther south, at Mr. Hawkins' on Dunkard Mill run, 

 about three miles from the B. & O. R. R., it shows the fol- 

 lowing: — sandstone, 35 ft.; coal, 2 ft.; shale, 1 ft.; coal, 

 4 ft. At the mouth of the Dunkard Mill run on the B. & O. 

 R. R., it is worked high up on the hill, and exhibits a section 

 similar to the preceding one. 



At Farmington on the B. O. R. R. it has been opened by 

 Mr. Hamilton and others, only within the last two years. 

 Previous to this, the people in the vicinity had been getting 

 their coal from the Pittsburg seam at Fairmount, not knowing 

 that the Waynesburg coal was at their very doors, until a 

 land-slide exposed it to them. 



From Farmington it can readily be traced up Buffalo creek 

 along the B. and O. R. R. to where it disappears under it 

 two miles below Mannington. 



On the western side of the "Dividing Ridge," and fifteen 

 miles from it, we come to this coal two miles below Ryerson 

 station, where Crab Apple creek enters Wheeling creek. 

 Here the section is as follows : — Heavy sandstone, 25 ft. ; 

 coal, 4 ft. This is a typical section of this coal throughout 

 the country where it is opened here. 



As will be seen from the section, the double character of 

 this coal, universal in the eastern section, does not appear 

 here. But it is very probable that it once did exist, and has 



