Il8 STRATIGRAPHY THE MONONGAHELA SERIES. 



W. C. Snodgrass Farm Mine No. 30 on Map II. 



At the mouth of Pennsylvania Run of Tanner Creek, 1 mile south- 

 west of Newberne; Uniontown Coal; elevation, 850' L. 



Ft. In. 



1. Sandstone, massive, Uniontown 10 



2. Coal 1 6 



3. Slate, pavement 



A sample was collected from No. 2 of section, the com- 

 position of which is given under No. 30 in the table of analyses 

 at the end of Chapter XL 



Dekalb District, Gilmer. In Dekalb District, the Union- 

 town Coal has been opened at various points, but many of the 

 prospects have fallen shut. 



At Opening No. 31 on Map II, located on Brushy Run 

 of Tanner Creek, 1.6 miles southwest of Newberne, at an ele- 

 vation of 90S' B., considerable coal has been taken out by 

 open cut, but the place has been abandoned and the thickness 

 of the seam was not obtained. 



Farther down Tanner Creek at Opening No. 32 on Map II, 

 2.7 miles northeast of Tanner, the coal had once been mined at 

 an elevation of 865' B., but the opening had fallen shut. 



At the Thos. Hardman Heirs Opeinng No. 33 on Map 

 II, located on the hill just south of Tanner, at an elevation of 

 872' L., the place had fallen shut, but the coal was reported 

 to have been 2 feet thick, as already noted in the section for 

 Tanner in Chapter IV. 



Two openings were found on Sinking Creek, as follows : 



James A. Bush Prospect No. 34 on Map II. 



On a branch of Sinking Creek, 1 mile northwest of Lucerne; 

 Uniontown Coal; elevation, 955' B. 



Ft. In. 



1. Sandstone, massive, cliff rock, Uniontown. ... 20 



2. Shale, gray, sandy, with a few limestone nod- 



ules 8 



3. Limestone, hard, lenticular, silicious, 0" to.. 1 



4. Shale, gray 4 



5. Coal, 0' 6" to 1' 0" 1 



6. Shale, gray 3 6 } 5 9 



1. Coal 1 3 J 



8. Slate, pavement 



