24 HISTORY OF OHIO. 



Meigs, Scioto, Athens, Hocking, Washington, Morgan, Mus- 

 kingum, Perry, Licking, Coshocton, Guernsey, Belmont, Mon- 

 roe, Jefferson, Harrison, Carroll, Columbiana, and Tuscarawas 

 counties. It is found in Portage county, near the Cuyahoga 

 river. 



It burns easily, with a whitish flame, yielding a black smoke, 

 and a bituminous odour. Its color is black, and it soils the fin- 

 gers, when touched. Sometimes, it is combined with sulphur 

 and iron. Some beds, especially, in Licking and Guernsey 

 counties resemble, in appearance and distinctive characters, 

 the cancl coal of England. 



We find the following minerals connected with our coal, in 

 this state, viz : L friable, micaceous and feruginous sandstones, 

 coarse or fine grained. 2. Shale, or argilaceous slate, some- 

 times micaceous, and often bituminous, presenting impressions 

 of leaves and vegetables, sometimes of fishes. 3. Beds of 

 marl and compact limestone, flint rock, and hard clay. 4. Ar- 

 gilaceous iron ore, or pudding stone, cemented by iron ore. 



This coal is almost always found in strata, and there are three 

 such strata, extending from Zanesville, to Wheeling, in Vir- 

 ginia. There is one stratum near the surface; — secondly, an- 

 other stratum, a considerable depth below it, and a third one, a- 

 bout two hundred feet below the upper one. The upper stra- 

 tum, in some places, is washed away, being near the surface. 

 It is a thin one; — the second one is thicker and better, and the 

 lower stratum is not so good for fuel, as the two strata above it. 



On the whole, we may safely conclude, that we have coal 

 enough, and more than enough, to last forever, for ail the uses, 

 to which, we shall put it, in all ages, yet to come. The coal, 

 iron ore, and salt water, ore all abundant in the same region. 

 They form materials sufficient, to support and sustain millions 

 of industrious, healthful, happy human beings, so long as man 

 shall dwell on this earth. 



These three articles, furnish sources of wealth, of health and 

 happiness, that will endure, and become, more and more valua- 

 ble and useful, forever. 



