56 Upper Coal Measures of 



noticeable thing concerning it on Dunkard, is the entire 

 absence of the twelve feet of limestones found below it on 

 Robinson's run, Monongalia Co., eight miles south of this 

 locality. Its place is filled here by the Pittsburg sandstone, 

 which is twenty-five feet thick, and generally rests directly 

 upon the underlying coals. The Redstone coal is only four 

 inches thick in the Wheeling creek section. 



Pittsburg coal. This coal first appears on Dunkard creek 

 at Taylortown, Greene Co., Pa. It is here eight feet thick, 

 and single-bedded, the heavy Pittsburgh sandstone resting 

 immediately upon it. One mile below, the following section 

 is seen : — sandstone 30 ft. ; coal, 1£ ft. ;. shale 1 ft. 3 in. ; 

 coal 7 ft. 



The following section of this coal was taken on the top 

 of the hill opposite the mouth of Cheat river, and 350 feet 

 above the surface of the same: — sandstones 35 ft.; shale 

 6 ft. ; coal 54 feet. 



For the sake of contrast with the foregoing, I give another 

 from Robinson's run, at Mr. Hunt's opening, five miles 

 southwest of 'Cheat. It is as follows : — Limestones 11 ft.; 

 shale 2 ft. ; coal \h ft. ; shale 1 ft. 3 in. ; coal 4 in. ; shale 

 1 ft. 7 in. ; coal 11 in. ; shale 8 in. ; coal 1 ft. ; shale 3 in. ; 

 coal 8 ft. Here in the first section we have only one scam 

 of coal, while in the next we have /?Ye/ 



On land of Mr. James Lazzell, Dog's run, Monongalia Co., 

 W. Vii., some tine impressions of Neuropteris Jiirsuta, Cala- 

 mites, Sigillaria, etc., were found in the roof-shales of this 

 coal. 



In the roof-shales of the Waynesburg coal at Mr. Layton's 

 bank near Cassville, Monongalia Co., W. Va. and also at 

 Mr. Morris's just above, the following coal plants were 

 found, together with several others undetermined : — Ale- 

 tltopteris Pennsylvanica , Pecopteris arborescens, /Spheno- 

 phyllum Jiliculinus. 



Borings. During the "Oil fever" which raged here some 

 years ago, several borings were commenced high up in the 



