140 STRATIGRAPHY THE COXEMAUGH SERIES. 



The analysis shows the clay to be somewhat similar to 

 the same horizon at Bridgeport, Harrison County, where Hen- 

 nen 7 reports that it has been used for the manufacture of 

 stoneware and brick. The ferric iron content indicates that 

 the product would burn red. There are too many fluxing ele- 

 ments for it to be classed as a fire clay. 



THE LOWER CONNELLSVILLE SANDSTONE. 



The Lower Connellsville Sandstone of Hennen 8 , belong- 

 ing between the Clarksburg Fire Clay and the Clarksburg 

 Limestone, is widely prevalent in Lewis and Gilmer, being 

 found in most regions where the Conemaugh Series outcrops. 

 It is usually massive and gray, often forming a cliff 50 to 60 

 feet below the Connellsville Sandstone. It is more prominent 

 in Gilmer than in Lewis, but has been quarried in both 

 counties. 



The West Virginia Central Gas Company Quarry, lo- 

 cated in Hackers Creek District, Lewis, at its Foreman Sta- 

 tion on Hackers Creek, two miles northwest of Berlin, seems 

 to be on the Lower Connellsville ledge. The following section 

 was secured at this quarry : 



Feet. 



Shale, sandy 2 



Sandstone, shaly 8' | Lower Connellsville (1114' B.) 22 



Sandstone, massive.. 14 \ 



Concealed 65 



Sandstone, flaggy 4 



Shale, greenish, sandy 5 



Shale, black, bituminous, (0' 1"), Elk Lick Coal? 



Shale, gray, to creek 12 



The correlation of this sandstone is subject to some doubt. 

 Its physical appearance resembles closely that of the Morgan- 

 town, but its interval below the Pittsburgh Coal, as shown 

 by the structure contours on Map II, is only about 175 feer, 

 making it correspond more closely to the Low'er Connells- 

 ville. No fossils were observed above the coaly horizon at 

 12 feet from the creek, thus indicating that it is the Elk Lick 



'Ray V. Hennen, Doddridge-Harrison Report, W. Va. G S , p. 237; 

 1912. 



'Ray V. Hennen, Monongalia-Marion-Taylor Rept.. W. Va G S , p 

 277; 1913. 



