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the original extent of that bed. Accepting this then as a 

 basis for the calculation we conclude that that coal once 

 reached as far west as Sonora on the Central Ohio railroad, 

 seventy-one miles west from Wheeling, and to a point north- 

 ward not less than fifty miles from that city, a tortuous 

 boundary line connecting the two points. 



RELATIONS OF THE SEVERAL COAL BEDS IN OHIO, 

 PENNSYLVANIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. 



To ascertain the relation of the Ohio coals to those of 

 Pennsylvania and West Virginia the following sections are 

 compared : 



I. From Kirkwood Township, Belmont 



Co., Ohio. 

 II. From the Central Ohio railroad be- 

 tween the Ohio river and the Barnes- 

 ville summit. 

 III. From Wheeling, W. Va. 



IV. From Wheeling creek, W. Va. 

 V. From Scott's Run, Monongalia Co. 



W. Va. 

 VI. From Uniontown, Fayette Co., Penn. 



(Rogers.) 



