274 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



Union Township. — Coal No. 8 was nowhere satisfactorily observed in this 

 township, and the land rises so high that this is probably reached at few 

 points, the more so as in its eastern portion No. 8a occupies the level of 

 No. 8. The National Road here lies for the most part from one hundred 

 and fifty to two hundred feet above Coal No. 10, which is the important 

 bed. The section from near Morristown, on the National Road, to a branch 

 of Spencer's Creek, the lowest point in the township, is as follows: 



FT. IN. 



1. Concealed, principally sandstone 125 



2. CoalNo.12 2 



3. Sandstone 40 



4. CoalNo.ll 1 3 



5. Sandstone and thin limestones 95 



6. CoalNo.lO 4 6 



7. Concealed 30 



8. CoalNo.9 2 6 



9. Fire-clay ., 3 



10. Limestone ->. 65 



11. Shale and clay : 3 



12. Coal No. 8 in bed of creek 2' seen. 



At Mr. J. Shepherd's bank, section 26, Coal No. 10 shows a thickness 

 of four feet six inches, and the roof coal is not exposed. The coal is very 

 hard and brilliant, frequently irised, and containing layers of semi- 

 cannel. It burns freely, and is a good ooal for domestic use. This coal 

 is worked in section 22 by Mr. .J. Crozier. At Mr. Isaiah Lee's bank, in 

 section 26, the coal is largely worked to supply Morristown. It there 

 gives the following section : 



FT. IX. 



1. Coal 1 



2. Fire-clay 1 3 



3. Coal 4 6 



4. Shale 1 



5. Coal, slaty 8" 



Mr. Lee works only the middle bench. It contains no clay veins, and 

 the horsebacks are few and of limited extent. Near the top a few streaks 

 of pyrites are seen, and nodules are not rare. A specimen furnishes the 

 following upon upon analysis : 



Specific gravity 1.304 



Moisture 1.20 



Ash 6.00 



Volatile comhustible matter 32.40 



Fixed carhon 60.40 



Total -■ 100.00 



