WEST VIRGINIA — CENTRAL AND WESTERN COUNTIES 199 



Feet 



1. Sandstone 113 



2. Limestone, shale, and slate 287 



3. Coal bed 9 



4. Limestone (shale) 26 



or 435 feet, and the bottom not reached. The shale, number 2, the same 

 with number 5 of the Glenville record, is a notable feature under several 

 counties; but the beds vary much, for in a Calhoun County well, prob- 

 ably 10 or 12 miles northwest from Stumptown, the shale is broken up 

 and the thickest body is but 145 feet. At Burning Springs, in Wirt 

 county, 12 or 15 miles northwest from the last and at the same distance 

 southward from Cairo, in Ritchie county, the record, beginning at 890 

 feet below the Pittsburg, is 



Feet 



1. Sandstone 60 



2. Shale 118 



3. Sandstone 58 



4. Shale 14 



5. Sandstone 110 



Returning to the south and passing into Roane county, southwest from 

 Gilmer, one finds at Spencer, about 15 miles south from Burning Springs 

 and 20 miles west from Stumptown, a record which, beginning at 1,282 

 feet below the " Washington " coal bed, shows 



Feet 



1. Sandstone.. 29 



2. Coal bed and slate 10 



3. Sandstone 41 



4. Shales 228 



5. Sandstone 45 



6. Slate 3 



7. Sandstone 277 



8. Slate 8 



9. Sandstone 12 



in all, 653 feet to the limestone. This is very like the Glenville section, 

 except in increased thickness. The Roaring Creek sandstone, 85 feet 

 thick, is at 5 feet, and the Mahoning at 208 feet above number 1. The 

 coal bed at 8 feet above the top of the Pottsville in the Glenville section 

 is represented here by 5 feet of black slate. Another record at 10 miles 

 southeast in this county shows a somewhat similar succession, with the 

 shale 200 feet thick and resting on 197 feet of sandstone. The total 

 thickness is 647 feet. The great increase has been distributed through- 

 out the section, and the distinction between Upper and Lower Pottsville 

 is clear. 



