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coal at 50 to 60 feet below it may be at the JoUytown horizon, as frag- 

 ments of brecciated limestone are at a little way above it, and a thin coal 

 bed at about 60 feet below the Dunkard may be at the Boyd horizon, 

 which carries coal at a little way south in West Virginia.* 



TBE NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF WEST VIRGINIA 



Passing westward into the northern panhandle of West Virginia, one 

 finds information respecting the Dunkard in Marshall and Ohio counties, 

 adjoining Greene and Washington. The lower part of the formation 

 undoubtedly extends farther north into Brooke county. At a few 

 miles east from Wheeling, in Ohio county, the Middle and Lower Wash- 

 ington limestones, each 20 feet thick, are 90 and 6 feet above the Wash- 

 ington coal bed, which is only 1 foot 3 inches thick. The Washington 

 and Waynesburg coal beds are 96 to 104 feet apart, the Waynesburg A 

 is 50 feet above the Waynesburg, and the Cassville shale carries 4 feet 

 of limestone. The section is very like that 5 or 6 miles east, in Washing- 

 ton county. Doctor White finds the Washington coal bed 3 inches to 2 

 feet 6 inches at Wheeling, where it is 100 feet above the Waynesburg. 



Doctor White's long section at Moundsville, 11 miles south from 

 Wheeling, reaches upward to what appears to be the Upper Washington 

 limestone, 224 feet above the Washington coal bed. That coal bed is 

 105 feet above the Waynesburg. A thin limestone, 53 feet below the 

 upper coal, is at the place of one seen at Wheeling under Waynesburg 

 A, but that coal bed is concealed. The Cassville shale contains 2 feet 

 of limestone and the Waynesburg sandstone is replaced by shale. Five 

 miles farther down the Ohio river the Washington coal is 5 feet thick. 

 Thick limestones are above the Washington coal bed, but it is difficult to 

 correlate them. Eed beds, 10, 45, and 45 feet, are at 94, 139, and 199 

 feet above the coal, the last underlying the limestone taken to be the 

 Upper Washington. Bellton, in Marshall county, is 15 miles southeast 

 from Moundsville and is on Pish creek, about 2 miles west from the 

 Pennsylvania line. There one has Doctor White's section, which con- 

 firms the measurements in the southern tier of townships in Greene 

 county. Somewhat condensed they are: 



Feet Inches 



1. Windy Gap limestone 5 



2. Shales 30 



3. Windy Gap coal bed Blossom 



4. Shales, sandstones, concealed 275 



5. Limestone [XI (?)] 3 



6. Shales, concealed 20 



*I. C. White: (K), pp. 112, 113, 114. 



