Jones.l J- 1'* [Sept. 17, 



5' 5" Sandstone. 

 5' 2" Shale. 

 1' 6" Goal. 

 1' 4" Shale. 

 5' Fire-clay. 

 5' " sandy. 



50' Sandstone pebbled. Mahoning 8. S.f Not identified north of Frost- 

 burg. At Barton and below it is a hard, fine-grain half-bedded 

 pebbled rock of 40 feet. At Crooked run, 12 miles south of Piedmont, 

 it is fully pebbled. On Stony river, further south yet, it is simply a 

 mass of agglutinated pebbles of 60 feet. 

 5' Shale. 

 1> 10" Goal. 

 20' Shale, with limestone at bottom. 

 6' Shale. 

 4' Sandstone. 

 4' Iron ore, clayey. 



5' Fire-clay. Free from balls of iron and plastic. 



5' Goal. Bear's Hollow Coal, Morrison's seam. Near Barton it is 3' 4". 

 At Bloomington it is 5', at Piedmont 5' 6", and at Sharpless' Hill 

 5' 3", and further south much thicker. It is characterized by hard 

 nature of the coal and its fire-clay roof and floor. Contains little 

 pyrites and yields 5% of ash, gray. It runs about 40' under the Ma- 

 honing pebble rock above and 175' over the Upper Bloomington seam 

 (Kittan.). It runs 200' to 220' under the Hampshire Coal, at the head 

 of section. 

 10' Fire-clay. 

 10' Sandstone. 

 20' Shales. 

 2' 8" Goal. 

 2' Clay. 



15' Sandy shale. 

 1' Goal. 

 10' Fire-clay and shale. Fire-clay and shale containing iron ore in center 



of bed. 

 10'* Hard sandstone. Reddish color. 

 10' Black slate. 

 3' Sandstone. 

 30' Shale. Containing marine shells and a reputed coal. 

 40' Sandstone. 

 10' Shale and black slate. 



5' 6" Goal. Upper Bloomington seam. Kittanning Lower Coal. It is 

 probably the "Savage " seam of Millersburg. At Piedmont it is 5' 6"; 

 at Bloomington, 5' ; McCorbin's hill, 7' 2" ; Rinker's hill, 8' 3" ; at 

 Falls Stony river, 9'. Characterized north of Piedmont by middle 

 slate, calamite tufts in roof overlying sandstone and fire-clay flow. In 



