1894.1 297 [Lyman. 



The same bed apparently was imperfectly opened in 1873, near the head 

 of Stewart Branch, and had the following section from above downward : 



FT. IN. 



Loam, no firm roof about 2 



Clay, mixed with coal slate, outcrop " 6 



Fireclay " 1 6 



Coal, bituminous 7 



The same bed was imperfectly opened too, in 1872, in Locust Hollow, 

 east of the Right Fork, and had the following section from above down- 

 ward : 



FT. IN. 



No true roof, but clay and wash about 



Crop-coal 



Clay and wash 



Coal, bituminous 



Fireclay about 



Coal, bituminous 



The same bed was well opened in 1873, above Asa Ferrel's house, near 

 the southwest corner of the map, with the following section from above 

 downward : 



Gray and brown shales 



Hard black slate 



Gray and brown shales 



Coal, bituminous, good 



Cannel, good, but not curly 



Coal, bituminous, good 



Brownish-gray sand rock, exposed, about 



5 11 



The place of the bed appears also to be indicated by an exposure of 

 about three inches of bituminous coal a little more than 40 feet in level below 

 the opening on Wood's Upper Coal at Perfater's Spring already mentioned. 



The quality of the Factory Cannel Bed is plainly very variable, and its 

 thickness extremely so. The bed thins out towards the Kanawha, near 

 Brownstown and above, and can scarcely be found there at all, having 

 but a few inches of thickness and no cannel. It may prove workable in 

 some spots, especially near the factory, but is so thin and variable that it 

 can hardly be counted on. The cannel lasts so long, when exposed to the 

 weather, that bits of it are found all along the outcrop, which is therefore 

 comparatively easy to follow on the ground ; and can be looked for 

 between the outcrops of Wood's Upper and Wood's Lower Coal. 



