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Millstone grit or conglomerate, a massive sandstone in three 

 members, with shale between, and forming three distinct 



benches on the mountains, in all 350 feet. 



Vermicular sandstone, in thin beds, with remarkable impres- 

 sions 80 " 



Schistose sandstone with intercalated hard bands 100 " 



Yellow and reddish shales 50 " 



Dark argillaceous shales GO " 



Brown earthy shale forming roof of coal 0.8 " 



Whitish-gray shale, mottled with dark spots 9 " 



Semi-bituminous coal 1.10 " 



Fire clay 0.00 " 



G50.9 feet. 



Mr. Thomas Butts has opened this coal on his property, where it is 18 



inches thick, and dips 10 deg. to the south-east. It is here overlaid by the 



same character of shale as seen at the Wilmoth coal, and there are found 



in the roof the same fossils. 



An opening has also been made into this vein of coal at Mr. Russel 

 Lee's. The spring rains had filled up the opening so that the coal could 

 not be seen, and Mr. Lee being absent, I did not ascertain its thickness. 

 I believe it to be identical with Butts' coal, as fossils of the same charac- 

 ter occur in the roof shales thrown out of the opening. If this inference 

 be correct, the thickness of the two coals will probably correspond. 



Mr. Fleming's coal is opened on a little branch, which runs into Horse- 

 head creek; it is 18 or 20 inches thick, and is mined by stripping oif the 

 roof. The overlying shales and organic remains are identical with the 

 above. It is undoubtedly an extension of the Wilmoth coal. 



Mr. Hodges has opened, and works by stripping this same vein of coal, 

 two miles north of Clarksville. It is here 18 inches in thickness, and the 

 same characteristic fossils were found in the shale. At this localitv the 

 coal is not quite so free from sulphur as at the other openings, nor will it 

 stand exposure to the atmosphere as well as the coal at Mr. Wilmoth's. 



The coal taken from the different mines in this county, meets with a 

 ready sale. On account of the difficulty experienced in working so thin 

 a vein of coal, the miners receive 10 cents per bushel for raising; and it 

 is sold at the bank to the consumers at 20 cents per bushel. 



At Mr. Hodge's, the coal has but very little, if any dip, and it is only- 

 carried above and below the drainage of the country by local undulations 

 in the strata. Though the coals, at these various openings, differ some- 

 what in quality and appearance, yet I believe they will be found to be all 



