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other more or less coniilomeratic sandtftones 

 at various horizons higher in the series. 

 Largely to tliis fact, as well as to the irregu- 

 larity and instahility of the lower sandstones 

 of the various sections and to a slight undula- 

 tion of the strata, are jirohably due the dilfer- 

 ences of opinion still current respecting the 

 number and eciuivalence of the coals worked 

 along New river. 



The upper member of the Piney Creek sec- 

 tion, another massive conglomeratic sand- 

 stone, is now known to be quite distinct from 

 the remarkable formation at the top of the 

 Xuttall section correlated with the Home- 

 wood sandstone of Pennsylvania b}^ Professor 

 I. C. White. With the exception of the latter, 

 this top Piney Creek sandstone is the most 

 regular and persistent member of the entire 

 series in this region, though its conglomeratic 

 habit is somewhat variable. I have traced it 

 quite clearly in more than twenty-five sec- 

 tions tVom Crow, about 9 miles southwest of 

 Quinnimont, to near water level at Plawks 

 Nest, where it forms the foundations for the 

 railroad bridge across the river. Its massive 

 conglomeratic ledge is the "table rock " at 

 Table Rock post-office and defines the brow 

 of the terrace plateau and river gorge for most 

 of the distance down to Fire Creek. From its 

 crest above Fire Creek mine there opens a 

 superl) vista of the gorge and terrace, extend- 

 ing to the nortliward, in which near Keeneys 

 creek and Xuttall tlie " Ilonicwood," al)()ut 

 4(X) feet higher, is seen to descend to c()nii)lete 

 the wall of Pottsvillc rocks which gradually 

 declines to the falls of the Kanawha. 



coMPLETiny or series at xuttall axd 



II. \ If'A'.s- SEST. 



The continuation of the Piney Creek section 

 up to the base of the " llomewood sandstone '" 

 is given (see figure 2)* from the Nuttall sec- 



Home food' 

 Coall Sandstone 



-M Mine Sen/el/ Coal 



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■z»-^y^-:L- Jl^-^sf-. 



Ji_i 



3/JcAS/,j/e » 



FireCreekCoa/ 



F 



Cojl 



UK z.—XuihiU and Hawks Nest 

 Section. 



*The accompanyinK sectionH are platted from the barometric readings at the specified loculitiea. 



