252 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



FT. m. 



6. Sandstone 30 



7. CoalNo.5 4 



8. Shale , 30 



9. Sandstone ■ 25 



10. Ironore 3 



11. Gray limestone 1-4 



12. CoalNo.4 7 



13. Shale 25 



14. Blue cherty limestone 1 6 



15. Shale 2 



16. CoalNo.Sa 1 10 



ir. Sandstone 10 '0 



18. Blue limestone 1 



19. CoalNo.3 10 



Coal No. 6 shows the following section : 



FT. IN. 



1. Cannel coal 6 



2. Coal 1 10 



3. Clay 2 



4. Coal 1 



3 6 



Mr. Menefee claims that the bed is entirely free from pyrites, and that 

 neither streaks nor nodules have ever been seen. The entry has been 

 driven only forty feet and has hardly reached sound coal, so that it would 

 be injudicious to speak positivelj' in this connection. The coal is quite 

 pure, shows little tendency to break up on exposure, and exhibits no in- 

 crustation of copperas on the outcrop. Fifteen feet below the coal is a 

 bed of iron ore three feet thick, containing about eighteen inches of 

 what has been pronounced a most excellent ore. A specimen was pro- 

 cured for analysis, but, unfortunately, has been mislaid. At the time 

 this locality was visited Mr. Menefee was negotiating for the sale of this 

 bed to a Zanesville firm, at a royalty of thirty cents per ton. The deposit 

 is evidently extensive, as it was traced from this point east and north 

 through the township to the opening in Coal No. 6, belonging to Mr. 

 White, on the road to Adamsville. The horizon is one at which ore is 

 found at numerous localities throughout the coal field in the State, and 

 the deposit here merits careful investigation. 



This is the most northerly point at which Coal No. 5 has been seen in 

 the county, nor, indeed, has it been seen east or west of this township. 

 Though identifying this bed with Coal No. 5 of the State section, I doubt 

 the propriety of so doing, especially as there is no associated rock by 

 which to prove its identity. It would seem more probable that it is an 



