WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 99 



Rosedale Section, Birch District, Braxton County. 



Thickness Total 



Monongahela Series (380') Feet. Feet. 



Shale, red and sandy, from top of knob 50 50 



Concealed in bluff 34 84 



Sandstone, massive, brown, coarse, Gilboy... 16 100 



Concealed in bench 12 112 



Sandstone, partly concealed in bluff, Union- 

 town 28 140 140 



Shale, red, partly concealed 35 175 



Sandstone, partly concealed, Arnoldsburg 17 192 



Spring, Lower Uniontown Coal horizon 192 



Concealed in slope 26 218 



Sandstone, massive, gray, pebbly, great cliff 



rock, Sewickley 57 275 135' 



Shale, sandy 26 301 



Sandstone, flaggy and shaly, Cedarville 12 313 



Concealed and sandy shale 12 325 



Sandstone, shaly, Weston 40 365 



Shale, variegated, and sandy 15 380 



Fire clay streak, Pittsburgh Coal horizon 

 (935' L.) (reported 0' 8" thick on opposite 



hill) 380 105' 



Conemaugh Series (654') 



Shale, variegated 12 392 



Sandstone, massive, gray, coarse, Lower Pitts- 

 burgh 28 420 



Shale, variegated and sandy 22 442 



Sandstone, greenish gray, shaly, Connellsville 16 458 



Red shale, partly concealed, Clarksburg 22 480 



Sandstone, shaly, Lower Connellsville 20 500 



Concealed, mostly red shale, to well mouth. . . 19 519 

 Continued by J. W. Twyman No. 1 (794) 

 Well Record (796' L.) : 



Clay and gravel 30 549 



Lime (13" casing, 40' 3"; water, 45') 15 564 



Red rock and lime shells 115 679 



Slate 20 699 



Red rock (10" casing, 184') 12 711 



Sandstone, soft (water, 195'), Grafton 18 729 



Red rock 50 779 



Slate 15 794 



Red rock 10 804 



Slate, white 45 849 



Coal, Bakerstown 5 854 474 



Slate 5 859 



Sand, Buffalo 35 894 



White slate and lime 75 969 



Sand, Mahoning 65 1034 



Allegheny Series (250') 



Coal, Upper Freeport (water 520'=1039' of 



section) 5 1039 185' 



Slate 25 1064 



Sand, Upper Freeport 29 1093 



Slate . , 51 1144 



