122 J. J. STEVENSON CABBONIFEKOUS OF APPALACHIAN BASIN 



Feet Inches 



1. Jackson limestone Fragments 



2. Red beds, sandstone 80 



3. Limestone 5 



4. Sandstone Not measured Not measured 40 



5. Baresville coal bed Blossom Blossom Concealed 



6. Sbale 3 0^ 



7. Limestone 8 8 1 30 



8. Shale 80 80 o) 



9. Limestone XII 18 12 8 



10. Sandstone, concealed 80 90 80 



11. Limestone XI 2 6 2 11 2 6 



12. Nineveh sandstone 42 0^ 



13. Nineveh coal bed 1 



14. Sandstone, shale 36 



15. Black shale 1 Oj 



16. Nineveh limestone 2 6 2 2 



K 78 



35 



1 8 



86 



1 



Thus far the sections are practically in accord. The highest limestone 

 in Center, abont 375 feet above the Nineveh coal bed, is the same with 

 a limestone found in Jackson township at 30 feet below the Gilmore sand- 

 stone. It has been seen also in Springhill. ISTo trace of the Baresville 

 coal was seen in Center township. The Nineveh coal and sandstone, 

 concealed in southeast Eichhill, are shown at many places in Morris, 

 Center, Jackson, and Aleppo. The coal is always thin, but is so good that 

 it is mined at many places by stripping. 



Below the Nineveh limestone to the Washington coal there is much 

 variation in the sections. This portion, ill exposed in Morris and Rich- 

 hill, is well shown in Center. A direct measurement in southeast Morris 

 shows the interval between the Nineveh limestone and the Upper Wash- 

 ington limestone to be certainly not more than 160 feet, and the record 

 of a boring in the central part of the township confirms this by giving 

 the interval between the Nineveh and Wa3fnesburg coal beds as 488 

 feet, or about 300 feet less than in Aleppo township. A coal bed, possibly 

 the Hostetter, is reported in this well at 63 feet below the Nineveh coal, 

 and in southeast Eichhill its blossom was seen at 20 feet below the Nine- 

 veh limestone. The Ten-mile limestone is present, but the Eogersville 

 seems to be wanting in Morris; one of these is present in Eichhill, but 

 which one was not determined. A direct measurement in southeast Eich- 

 hill gives 150 feet as the interval between the Nineveh and Upper 

 Washington limestones, showing that the condition is practically the same 

 as in Morris.* But at 3 or 4 miles southward, in Center township, one 

 finds the increased interval shown in Doctor White's Aleppo section, 



* It should be remembered that the measurements are barometric throughout. 



