Section of Ferruginous Strata. 133 



Section of the Strata at the " Junior Furnace," Scioto Co. 

 Order descending. — Dip S. E. 



Fiff. 19. 



....Earth. 



Sandstone rock. 



— Coal. 



Sandstone. 



Iron ore. 



Limestone. 



Sandstone rock. 



-Iron ore. 

 —Sandstone rock. 

 Coal. 



Sandstone rock. 

 Iron ore. 



Sand.9tone rock. 

 —-Coal. 



Sandy. 



Surface of the Ohio 

 river— S. E. 



Slaljr. 



, Black shale. 



■Iron stone. 

 Salt water. 



1. Thin, poor, ash colored soil — timber,' oak and yellow pine.— 

 12 feet. 



2. Coarse, ash colored, unstratified, compact sandstone rock, con- 

 taining numerous white pebbles and coarse gravel, imbedded ; easily 

 crumbling and disintegrating. It is invariably the fact that the up- 

 per or surface rocks are much coarser in their composition and 

 texture, than those that are deeper seated and deposited earlier in 

 the series. — 20 feet. 



