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The top coal is a poor cannel ; the other is slaty, aud contains much 

 pyrites throughout. The sandstones are coarse, and in some layers con- 

 glomerate, with pebbles as large as peas. Coal No. 7a is worked also by 

 Mr. G. Beal in section 2. It there shows the same characters as at Mr. 

 Ford's. 



Liberty Township. — In this township the succession is as follows: 



FT. IN. 



1. Sandstone 50 



2. Crinoidal limestone ? 0' 



3. Sandstone '. 70 



4. Shales 10 



5. CoalNo:7a 3 



6. Fire-clay 1 6 



7. Sandstone 45 



8. CoalNo.7 a 



9. Sandstone 80 



10. Shale 12 



11. CoalNo.6 3 



12. Shale 20 to 40 



13. Limestone 2 



14. Coal No. 4 : 2 



15. Fire-clay 13 



Near the village of Liberty Mr. T. S. Luccock has made a boring to 

 ascertain whether any available coal exists below the surface at that 

 locality. He obtained the following section, beginning about twenty feet 

 below Coal No. 6 : 



FT. M. 



1. Debris and shale 17 



2. Coal 2 6 



3. Fireclay 13 



4. Shale 46 



5. Limestone, reddish blue 3 



Coal No. 2 of the boring is Coal No. 4 of the general section, and is 

 seen in the bank of "Wills Creek about one mile west of the village, on 

 property belonging to Mr. T. S. Forsyth. It there shows a thickness of 

 one foot at the outcrop, but becomes two feet at a short distance in the 

 hill. The gray limestone rests on it, two feet thick, and full of Spirifer 

 lineaius. It is missing, in the boring, but as it occurs in separated blocks 

 the drill may have passed through a crevice. It is not, however, persist- 

 ent, for on the property of Mr. R. R. Miller, four miles north-east from 

 Liberty, the coal is found twenty-eight feet below Caal No. 6, and sepa- 

 rated from it by lead-colored shales, no limestone being present. At 

 Mr. Miller's shaft the coal is five feet thick, and there, as well as at Mr. 



