BELMONT COUNTY. 271 



One hundred yards away it is six feet thick. 



Goshen Tmoiiship. — Little of this township lies north of the railroad, but 

 it is interesting as affording a good exhibition of Coal No. 10 fully devel- 

 oped, as well as showing the highest coal seen north of the railroad. Coal 

 No. 13 appears in the summit cut of the railroad and at several other 

 points, and No. 12 was struck in a well seventy feet below No. 13 by Mr. 

 H. Rogers, on the Morristown road. In section 29 Mr. Harris has an 

 opening into No. 10, which shows as follows : 



FP. IN. 



1. Shale 8 



2. Coal 1 6 



3. Shale 1 4 



4. Coal 4 



Total 6 10 



The coal is evidently uncertain in thickness; for, near the outcrop, a 

 horseback from below cuts out twenty-two inches. The coal is fair in 

 quality, with little pyrites, but the roof-coal is poor and slaty and white, 

 with copperas at the exposure. At a short distance from his bank, Mr. 

 Harris finds the bed about two feet below the surface, and is working it 

 by stripping. 



At Badgersburg, in section 24, the coal is extensively worked to supply 

 the village of Belmont. Mr. John Walker's bank gives the following 

 section : 



FT. IN. 



1. Laminated shale 4 



2. Coal(slaty) 1 7 



3. Shale and clay 1 4 



4. Coal 3 6 



.5. Fire-clay 1 



Mr. Samuel Henkle's opening, directly opposite, shows in the entry 

 shale and clay one foot eight inches, coal five feet to five feet six inches, 

 fire-clay one foot three inches, the roof-coal not being exposed. The dif- 

 ference in the thickness is marked, those on the west side of the road re- 

 sembling Mr. Walker's, and those on the east Mr. Henkle's. The value 

 of all the banks is impaired, more or less, by clay horsebacks, but they 

 are not extensive. Several clay seams cut the bed at an angle of 60°, 

 and run north-east and south-west, having a thickness varying from six 

 to eighteen inches. The pyrites streaks are few, and are found near the 

 top. Nodules occur occasionally, but are easily separated. 



