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this vicinity, but attains a thickness of only about two feet. It can also 

 be seen in Arter's Hollow and many of the lateral tributaries to the val- 

 ley. Two miles below New Lisbon it locally thickens to four, and even 

 five, feet, where it is known as the Whan coal. It lies about fifty feet 

 above Coal No. 3, and is here of excellent quality. Unfortunately the 

 area over which it exhibits this unusual development is small, and the 

 deposit has been nearly worked out by the New Lisbon Coal Company. 



On the opposite side of the valley, on the Kemble farm. Coal No. 5 is 

 again seen, but thinner, and from this point to the Ohio it is found in all 

 the hills, but rarely exceeds two feet in thickness. Above it the white 

 limestone is conspicuously shown in all the sections at and below New 

 Lisbon. Below this is a thin seam of coal, which is shown in the section 

 exposed at Mathers & Zippernick's quarry. This is apparently local, and 

 nowhere attains workable thickness. 



Above the limestone, and generally separated from it only by a fire- 

 clay, is the Big Vein (Coal No. 6), which also stretches through to the 

 Ohio, but is usually much thinner than in the northern part of the 

 county. 



On Mr. Petit's farm, two and a half miles south-east of New Lisbon, 

 Coal No. 7 is found on the top of the highest hills, and has here a general 

 thickness of about three feet. From fifty-five to sixty-five feet below it 

 is Coal No. 6, three feet nine inches thick, and looking well. 



The section of the strata on the hill opposite Mr. Kemble's house is as 

 follows: 



FT. nr. 



1. Coal (Petit's) No. 7 3 6 



2. Clay and shale 



3. CoalNo.6 3 6 



4. Clay i 



5. Limestone (white) 



6. Coal No. 5 (Whan seam), about one hundred feet above creek 3 6 



7. Clay 



8. Black shale 20 



9. Limestone and ore 



10. SheUy sandrock 



11. Coal (thin) in bed of creek 



Near Elkton some boring has been done for Coal No. 1, which was re- 

 ported to have been found in the old salt wells, and wag said to be from 

 four to nine feet in thickness. The later explorations do not, however, 

 fully confirm the traditions so long current with reference to the lower 

 ooal. In the borings made by Mr. H. C. Bowman, Coal No. 1 was reached 

 one hundred and fifty feet below the bed of the creek. Its thickness was 

 eighteen inches, and a thinner seam was found twenty-one feet above it. 



