GEOLOGY OF OHIO. Ill 



On the south side of the creek, near Elkton, on the Barnes farm, a 

 seam of coal has been opened about one hundred and fifty feet above the 

 creek. It is three feet nine inches thick, contains much sulphur, and is 

 apparently Coal No. 6. 



The Valley of West Fork. — In the valley of the West Fork, from Garver 

 Post-Office to West Point, and thence to Williamsport, the section of the 

 rocks is essentially the same, as the course of the stream is nearly at 

 right angles to the dip. Coals No. 6 and No. 7 are exposed in the valley 

 and in the area between New Lisbon, Garver, West Point, and Williama- 

 port, at a large number of localities. In this valley they seem to be of 

 greater average excellence than along Middle Fork. In passing from 

 Garver Post-Office to West Point, no coal outcrops are seen until the 

 house of Mr. J. Robinson is reached. Here a coal seam is opened on the 

 south bank of the creek, seventy-five feet above it. It is apparently Coal 

 No. 7, is three feet eight inches thick, and of excellent quality. A thin 

 parting is seen in it about four inches from the bottom. Beneath it is a 

 fire-clay, and some six feet below this a limestone. 4^t Mr. H. Mason's, 

 three-quarters of a mile below Mr. Robinson's, is an old coal opening 

 some fifty to sixty feet above the creek, and about fifty feet below it Coal 

 No. 6 is opened. It is fifty-six inches in thickness, of good quality, re- 

 sembling the Big Vein at Salineville, but better. 



About one mile below Mason's, on the same side of the stream, is a,n 

 old coal opening, apparently in Coal No. 7. It lies some seventy-five feet 

 above the creek. Half a mile lower down, Mr. James McLane has a coal 

 opening at about the same altitude. The coal is here good, but only 

 thirty inches in thickness. 



A little below, on the same side, and near the creek, are several old 

 openings and one new one. The coal is here fifty-one inches thick, of 

 excellent quality. It lies forty feet above the stream, and is, without 

 doubt, No. 6. Two limestones are seen here — one some thirty feet above 

 the coal, the other almost immediately below it. 



Along the road for half a mile, to West Point bridge, Coal No. 6 is freely 

 opened, from forty-two to forty-four inches in thicknes, of excellent qual- 

 ity, and containing little sulphur. The fire-clay below it is eighteen 

 inches thick, resting immediately upon two feet of limestone. 



The section at West Point is as follows : 



FT. nt. 



1. Slope (covered) 55 



2. Sandrock 25 



3. Gray shale 45 



4. CoalNo.6 4 6 



5. Fire-clay 1 6 



6. Limestone 2 6 



