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middle, and bottom, from Beebe and Manly's opening, and No. 4 is from 

 Mr. Hendy: 



No. 1. No. 3. No. 3. No. 4. 



Specific gravity 1.291 1.266 1.295 1.250 



Moisture 2.40 2.20 2.40 2.10 



Ash 5.10 4.60 6.10 4.20 



Volatile combustible matter 34.00 34.40 34.60 34 .90 



Fixedcarbou 58.50 58.80 56.90 58.80 



Totals 100.00 100.00 100.00 100.00 



Sulphur 2.62 2.65 2.96 2.68 



Sulphur left in coke 1.33 1.28 1.26 1.40 



Sulphur forming of the coke 2.09 2.01 2.00 2.22 



Fixed gas per pound, in cubic feet 3.26 3.73 3.05 3.32 



Ash Gray. Fawn. Fawn. Gray. 



Coke Compact. Compact. Compact. Compact. 



The rocks above Coal No. 8 are usually shale, succeeded by from fifteen 

 to thirty feet of limestone to Coal No. 9. This limestone, which is found 

 throughout Short Creek, G-reen, Cadiz, and Archer townships, is not com- 

 pact, but consists of numerous thin layers, differing in structure and color, 

 and separated by thinner layers of calcareous shale. The upper layer, 

 immediately below Coal No. 9, occupies the position of Parker's " cement- 

 rock," at Barnesville, in Belmont county. Two analyses of this rock 

 have been made by Dr. Wormley, with the following results: 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Silicious matter 11.10 12.80 



Alumina and oxide of iron 1.90 4.20 



Carbonate of lime 83.20 79.40 



Carbonate of magnesia 3.22 3.48 



Totals 99.42 99.88 



No. 1 was obtained from the road near the cemetery, south-east from 

 Cadiz, and No. 2 from Mr. Alex. Henderson's property, on the Deersville 

 road from Cadiz. These analyses show that this layer, which is about 

 two feet thick, will yield a hydraulic lime of good quality. The other 

 layers afford most of the lime for domestic use in the townships referred 

 to above. 



Near the border of Nottingham and Cadiz townships, along the ridge 

 road to Cadiz, this limestone is entirely replaced by sandstone, which 

 rests directly upon a thin shale above the coal ; and this continues west 

 to the limit of the coal. In Moorefield township the displacement is not 

 complete, and a thin limestone rests on the shale. This condition has 

 been traced into Belmont county, and to the Central Ohio Railroad, and 

 is persistent in Guernsey county. The line of the eastern limit of the 



