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sufficient probably to render it unfit for general use. In 

 Pennsylvania its quality is inferior to that of coal from the 

 Pittsburg, while in Ohio, it is, for the most part, utterly 

 worthless. 



Coal X of the Ohio section is traceable through Belmont, 

 Harrison and Jefferson counties, Ohio. It is usually a double 

 bed and in some localities is still further divided. At the 

 most westerly opening seen, in Warren Township, Belmont 

 Co., it shows : slaty coal^ 1 ft 6 in. Goal, good, 3 ft. 



At Badgersburg in the adjoining township it displays the 

 double character more clearly as follows : 



Laminated shale, 4 ft. ; coal, slaty, 1 ft. 7 in. ; shale and 

 clay, 1 ft. 8 in. ; coal, 5 ft. ; fireclay, 1 ft. 



Here the coal is of good quality and compares favorably 

 with that obtained from the Pittsburg, but the bed is much 

 cut up by "clay-veins" and "horse-backs" both from above 

 and from below, difficulties which seem to beset it generally. 

 In Union township the bed is seen triple in Section 25 as 

 follows : 



Goal, 1 ft. ; clay, 1 ft. 3 in. ; coal, 4 ft. 6 in. ; shale, 1 ft. ; 

 coal, slaty, 1 ft. ; firecla}^ 1 ft. 3 in. 



Near the village of Flushing it is worked at many openings. 

 While varying little in thickness it is exceedingly uncertain 

 in quality; some banks yielding coal well fitted for black- 

 smiths' use, while that from others in the immediate neigh- 

 borhood is hardly fit for the coarsest of domestic purposes. 

 The general section there is 



Goal, 1 ft. 2 in. ; shale and clay, 1 ft. 4 in. ; coal, 3 ft. to 

 4 ft. 



As this bed is followed eastward toward the Ohio river it 

 is seen to lose its thickness gradually, soon becoming of no 

 economical importance and finally thinning out near the 

 river. In Harrison Co., it is frequently seen at the road- 

 sides ; but few openings are found owing tothe ready accessi- 

 bility and better quality of the Pittsburg. Near New Athens 

 the followino^ section was obtained : 



