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At this locality the shales and sandstones in No. 4 are very irregularly 

 stratified, and the clayey portions contain great numbers of Neuropteris 

 hirsuta, Neuropteris flexuosa, and Aster ophyllites, sp., together with many 

 stems of indeterminate character. 



Upper Coal Group. — The northern and western limit of this group is 

 very irregular, owing to extensive erosion. From the county line on the 

 east it runs south of the railroad to about Cadiz Junction, where it turns 

 abruptly north, and passes about half a mile east of Jefferson, in German 

 township. Turning north-westward, it continues to the line of Carroll 

 county, where it bends to the south-west into Rumley township, and 

 crosses the road from Jefferson to Rumley about two and one-half miles 

 east of the latter place. There it turns south-east, and crosses the rail- 

 road about two miles east of Fairview. After crossing the railroad it 

 follows the northern line of Archer township almost to Hanover, where 

 it turns abruptly south-east to almost the central line of the township, 

 being cut out by the Clear Fork of Stillwater. It then turns sharply 

 westward to near the western limit of Archer, where it is again deflected 

 south-eastward by the valley of Stone Fork. This course continues to 

 the line of Cadiz township, where it changes westward, and follows the 

 ridge road to Deersville to within a mile of that village. There it re- 

 sumes the south-easterly direction, passing through Nottingham town- 

 ship, and barely crosses into Cadiz township, where it again turns west- 

 ward, and runs irregularly west south-west to section 26 of Nottingham, 

 where it crosses into section 25 of Moorefield township. Here it runs 

 south for a mile, and then turns south-eastward, and, passing through 

 section 10, crosses the county line into Belmont county. It embraces in 

 this county five coal beds, two of which are of workable thickness. Unlike 

 those of the Barren Group, its strata show few important variations, and 

 these are regular. 



Coal No. 8 is fully developed and readily accessible in Moorefield, Archer, 

 Cadiz, Athens, Short Creek, Green, and parts of German and Nottingham 

 townships. With few exceptions, it is a double bed, consisting of roof- 

 coal, fire-clay, and the main coal. At varying distances it contains thin 

 partings of mineral charcoal, mixed with clay, not readily traceable in 

 the solid coal, but very distinct at the outcrop. Within twelve or fifteen 

 inches from the top a streak of pyrites, varying from one-eighth to three- 

 fourths of an inch thick, is found in the main coal. Just below the cen- 

 ter is a compact clay parting, seldom more than an inch thick, and three 

 to eight inches below is another precisely similar. A second streak of 

 pyrites, thinner than the one near the top, is not unfrequently found ten 

 or twelve inches from the bottom. The coal is softer just above the upper 

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