102 COLUMBIANA COUNTY. 



washing, which will be more fully described in the report on Jefferson 

 eounty. 



Col. Charles Whittlesey, the first geologist who observed the coals of 

 the Yellow Creek Valley, holds the opinion that the three workable 

 coal seams of Salineville dip beneath those of the lower part of the val- 

 ley, and, therefore, are not to be identified with any of the series exposed 

 at New Salisbury, or below ; but it has been impossible for me to accept 

 this view, for the foiUowing reasons : 



1st. The coal seams of Salineville are overlain directly by the strongly 

 marked and highly colored strata of the Barren Coal Measures, including 

 that constant and reliable guide, the Crinoidal limestone. These strata 

 are continuous to the Ohio River, and the upper three coals of the lower 

 valley hold essentially the same relation to them that they do at Saline- 

 ville. 



2d. The borings made at Salineville show that the Salineville coals 

 are underlain, at about the proper distance, with two closely approxi- 

 mating seams, that apparently represent the Strip and Creek Veins of 

 the lower valley. 



3d. Deep borings, made at numerous points from above Salineville to 

 the mouth of the creek, show that the Salineville seams do not underlie 

 those of Irondale, Hammondsville, and Linton, and that no workable 

 seam occurs below the five formed above and below drainage at Saline- 

 ville, and fully exposed below New Salisbury. 



To facilitate comparisons between the sections taken at Salineville and 

 lower down the creek, they are published side by side upon the following 

 page. 



