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resting upon it, and only twenty feet below Coal No. 4. At Liberty the 

 limestone has been struck fifty-nine feet below Coal No. 4. The coal is 

 cannel, and of good quality. The limestone is shaly below, and of a deep 

 blue color. It contains numerous specimens of Produdus longispinus., 

 Chonetes mfsoloba, and Athyris subtilita. 



LOCAL GEOLOGY. 



Millwood Township. — The section of this township is as follows ' 



FT. IN. 



I. Sandstone.-.^ 30 



a. CoalNo.lO 3 6 



3. Fire-clay 3 



4. Sandstone 55 6 



6. Coal No. 9 2 



6. Limestone - ,. • 5 



7. Sandstone 50 < 



8. Coal No. 8 4 2 



9. Shale and fire-clay 12 



10. Limestone - 6 



il. Shale, arenaceous 50 



12. Limestone 3 



13. Shales and sandstones - 80 



14. Crinoidal limestone 2 



15. Shales (seen) o 



Coals Nos. 9 and 10 are not worked, and No. 9 is seen only in the south- 

 eastern portion of the township. The limestone below No. 9 is also con- 

 fined to the same locality. 



Along the Central Ohio Railroad Coal No. 8 is worked to some extent 

 near Bailey's Mills, near Spencer's by Mr. Flood, near Quaker City by 

 Mr. Gildow, and near Salesville by Mr. Brill. At all of these openings 

 the sandstone comes down upon the coal, usually without any interven- 

 ing shale, and occasionally cutting out the coal so as to form sandstone 

 horsebacks. In an opening made by Mr. Webster, just west of Quaker 

 City, one of these was encountered, and is so extensive that the opening 

 was deserted. The quality of the coal is fair, doing well enough for 

 domestic use, but containing too much pyrites to be of commercial value." 



The limestone below No. 8 makes a good, strong lime. The Crinoidal 

 limestone is well exposed in railroad cuts, both east and west of Quaker 

 City, as well as at Salesville. 



Wills Township. — This township lies wholly in the peculiarly barren 

 portion between No. 7a and No. 8. At no point are the hills high enough 

 to catch No. 8, nor are the valleys excavated deeply enough to reach No. 



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