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The Upper Coal Measures 



Should one follow Wheeling creek, Ohio, from its mouth 

 to where it becomes Patterson's creek, he will find VIII c in 

 its banks, as well as in those of its tributaries. Along the 

 bottoms of Patterson's creek, which flows northeast, he will 

 see it worked by stripping. But before reaching Union 

 township the creek bed is some distance above it. Crossing 

 the dividing ridge and descending into the valley of Spen- 

 cer's creek, he will find Section II, six miles west of the 

 locality where he last saw VIII c. If, however, instead of 

 following Patterson's creek, he take the branch flowing from 

 the northwest, he will lose sight of VIII c near Unioutown, 

 and six miles further he will obtain Section III. The result 

 is similar in other directions. In each of these sections a 

 coal is seen one hundred feet, more or less, below Coal X. 

 In No. I it is VIII c, in the others it is VIII. The accuracy 

 of this identification has been questioned, so that the grounds 

 on which it is made should be stated distinctly. 



Ascending the Central Ohio railroad from Belleair to the 

 summit, twenty-two miles west from the Ohio river, nine 

 beds of coal are seen, beginning with the Pittsburg (VIII) . 



