240 The Upper Goal Measures 



tensive openings. Near Unionport, on the Panhandle road, 

 at the northern ontcrop, several banks have been opened, 

 but none of them show the roof-coal. The roof is shale 

 succeeded b}^ sandstone, and the coal is 4 ft. 2 in. to 4 ft. 9 

 in. thick, with the following structure. 



Coal, 1 ft. 2 in. ; clay, § in. ; coal, 6 in. ; clay ^ in. ; coal, 

 9^ in. ; clay, J in. ; coal, 1 in. ; clay, J in ; coal, 2 ft. 



The p3'rites bands are not persistent here but streaks and 

 nodules are quite numerous. At another opening aljout half 

 a mile from these, the roof-coal is still absent, the roof being 

 shale, six feet thick, succeeded by sandstone. Following 

 the road from Unionport to York several openings are seen, 

 at one of which the following section was obtained : 



Goal, 1 ft. 6 in. ; clay, 10 in. ; coal, 5 ft. to 5 ft. 6 in. 



The roof-'^oal throughout this district seldom exceeds ten 

 inches and the lower coal is much injured by pyrites both in 

 nodules and streaks. In the neighborhood of Mt. Pleasant 

 the roof-coal varies from one to three feet, and on Push Run 

 it is said to be five feet at one opening, though only three 

 feet were exposed at the time of my visit. 



In Belmont Co., at Hendrysburg, just east of the sand- 

 stone deposit the coal shows : 



Goal, 10 in. ; clay, 4 in. ; shale with thin lamina3 of coal, 

 1 ft. ; coal, 4 ft. 8 in. On Jug Run, a tributary of Wheel- 

 ing creek, the roof-coal is divided, a condition rarely seen 

 in Ohio, except along Wheeling creek, where it is quite 

 common. The section is 



Goal, 6 in. ; clay, 8 in. ; coal, 10-15 in. ; clay 10-15 in. ; 

 coal, 5 ft. 



In Colerain township, on Hughes' Run, the lower division 

 becomes 5 ft. 8 in. 



On Barr's Run, the subdivision of the roof-coal is extraor- 

 dinary, as follows : 



Goal, 3 in. ; black shale, ^ in. ; coal, 1^ in. ; shale J in, ; 

 coal, 10 in. ; shale, 1 in. ; coal, IJ in. ; shale 5 in. ; coal IJ 

 in. : with the lower division 4 ft. 10 in. seen. 



