146 STRATIGRAPHY THE CONEMAUGH SERIES. 



The William E. Donlan Quarry, operated by Bennett and 

 Garrett, in Hackers Creek District, at the north edge of Wes- 

 ton, a section of which is published on page 141, under the 

 Lower Connellsville Sandstone, shows the Morgantown Sand- 

 stone to be at least 20 feet thick, the lower 15 feet of which 

 is quarried. Here the stone is hard, massive and firm and ap- 

 pears to be of durable character. Plate XVIII shows this 

 quarry. 



The T. B. Williams Quarry, located at Deanville, Hackers 

 Creek District, where the Morgantown Sandstone is 18 feet 

 thick, as noted in the Deanville Section published in Chap- 

 ter IV, has been operated in a small way for use on the county 

 roads. The stone is gray and massive, having much the same 

 appearance as at Weston. The quarry is 15 feet long and ex- 

 tends into the hill about the same distance. 



The West Virginia Central Gas Company Quarry, located 

 on the west side of the West Fork River at its Thomas Sta- 

 tion, in Freemans Creek District, 2*4 miles north of Weston, 

 shows the following section : 



Feet. 



Shale, red 10 



Sandstone, massive, Morgantown, (1145' B.) 15 



Shale 



Here the stone is hard, massive and greenish gray, weath- 

 ering to buff. It was quarried for concrete aggregate for the 

 foundations of the gas pumping station. 



The Eli Bennett Quarry, located in Freemans Creek Dis- 

 trict, on the west side of West Fork River, 1 mile north of 

 Weston, shows the following: 



Feet. 



Shale, sandy, brown and variegated 15 



Sandstone, massive, Morgantown 15 



Shale, gray 5 



Coal, (0' 8"), Elk Lick, (1070' B.) .....' 1 



Shale, gray '. ' . 10 



Shale, variegated and limy 10 



Sandstone, gray, massive, to trolley grade, Grafton..!. 5 



Here the Morgantown Sandstone has been quarried ex- 

 tensively. It is hard, greenish gray, massive and fine grained. 

 The quarry extends along the bluff nearly 200 feet and into 

 the hill about 30 feet. 



