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FEET. 



6. Fire clay to 2 



7. Sandy shales " 10 



8. Light drab clay shales, with ironstone nodules " 15 



9. Argillaceous limestone, with shaly partings " 4 



10. Black shale, some slaty \ " 3 



11. Coal, No. 10? " 2 



12. Drabfire-clay 3 " 6 



13. Light drab sandy shale, with iron veins 6 " 8 



14. Black shale, with ironstones Cardiomorpka, etc $ " 2 



Level of coal No. 9 ? 



15. Variously colored shales and clays, with bands of concretionary argillaceous 



limestone 8 "40 



16. Sandy shales and shaly sandstones 15 " 20 



17. Soft drab clay shale " 1 



18. Shaly sandstone, with (Jaulerpites 10 



19. Argillaceous and ferruginous limestone few fossils " 2 



20. Dark drab shales, with ironstones 20 "25 



21. Limestone, semi-crystalline to concretionary 4 " 8 



Level of coal No. 8 



22. Coarsely concretionary clay shale 8 " 10 



23. Carbonaceous sandy shale and shaly sandstone 15 "40 



24. Fine-grained sandy shale, with ironstones ... 30 "40 



25. Dark and light drab clay shale bottom fossiliferous 10 "30 



26. Soft black shale, with pyritous fossils and nodules " 5 



27. Coal, No. 7 H " U 



28. Fire-clay " 3J 



29. Coal, (parting of No. 7,) " 2 



30. Fire-clay 6 " 15 



31. Sandy shales and shaly clay 9 "12 



32. Compact silicious limestone 1 " 1J 



33. Dark shaly clay 5 " 10 



34. Coal, No. 6 H" 7 



35. Fire-clay, with concretionary limestone 5 "20 



36. Sandy shales with ironstones some quarry-stone near top 50 "80 



37. Clay shales, with few ironstones 20 "40 



38. Black concretionary ferruginous limestone i " 3 



39. Black clay shale, some slaty 3 " 6 



Level of coal No. 5 



40. Soft, light drab shale i " 1 



41. Shales and sandstones 15 " 30 



42. Dark drab clay shales 5 "20 



43. Argillaceous limestones, changing to calcareous ironstone ,- . 1 



44. Sandy shales, with some heavy beds of sandstone, with some ironstones 



and " cone-in-cone " 35 "40 



45. Black slaty shale, with ironstones 2 " 3 



46. Coal, with bands of shale, No. 4 4 " 14 



47. Shales, with limestone bands 10 "20 



48. Black slaty shale, with some cannel 2 " 3 



49. Coal No. 3.. 1 " If 



