iOO COLUMBIANA COUNTY. 



FT. Bf, 



3. Shale 16 



4. Limestone 3 



5. Clay, sandstone, and shale 22 



6. Coal 3 



7. Fire-clay 3 



8. Shale and sandstone 39 



9. Coal (reported in shaft) 5 



The relations of the Salineville coals to those of the lower portion of 

 the valley, and to those of the surrounding country, have been shown by 

 several lines of observation radiating from this point. 



Following up tlie valley of Yellow Creek, Coal No. 7 (the Salineville 

 Strip Vein) may be traced into the edge of Carroll county, where it is 

 concealed for a short distance by the shales of the Barren Measures. It 

 reappears in its true relative position and character on the waters of Big 

 Yellow Creek, near Mechanicstown and Scroggsville, and is there worked 

 in several mines. Thence it may be traced down Big Yellow Creek, 

 through the northern part of Jefferson county, and connected with the 

 coals of Hammondsville and all the lower portion of the valley. 



Going north from Salineville toward New Lisbon, the road passes over 

 a divide, of which the summit is three hundred and fifty feet above 

 Salineville Station. This ridge is composed altogether of the strata of 

 the Barren Measures, maiiily red and gray shales, with two thin coals (7a 

 and 7b), and the Crinoidal limestone, all in their proper places with 

 ; reference to Coal No. 7; the limestone lying two hundred and forty feet 

 , above it; 



Descending the divide toward the north, and coming down into the 

 - valley of the West Fork of Little Beaver, near Garver Post-Ofiice, we find 

 ' the shales of the Barren Measures succeeded below by a heavy sandrock 

 and two coals, the upper two teet eight inches to three feet thick, of ex- 

 . cellent quality, and resembling the Salineville Strip Vein. The second 

 seam, some sixty feet lowei*, is not well shown where first seen, but 

 further down- the .stream,'towar-d and at West Point, both these coals out- 

 crop, and are worked at numerous localities. Beneath the lower one, 

 •which is five feet in thickness, and separated from it only by the fire- 

 clay, is a limestone. This coal can be traced north and east from this 

 point to the limits of the county, and is distinctly recognized everywhere 

 as the Big Vein. It is our Coal No. 6, the Upper Freeport coal of Penn- 

 sylvania. 



In descending the valley of Yellow Creek from Salineville, as has 

 been mentioned, the Big Vein is seen dipping below the creek near the 

 station, Coal No. 7 being visible on either side of the valley, but gradu- 



