276 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



Specific gravity 1.307 



Moisture 1.40 



Ash 3.00 



Volatile combustible matter 31.60 



Fixed carbon 64.00 



Total 100.00 



Sulphur l.r,6 



Sulphur left in coke 1.07 



Sulphur forming of coke 1.59 



Fixed gas per pound, in cubic feet 3.30 



Ash Dull white. 



Coke Compact. 



Throughout this township the limestone is found above Coal No. 8, and 

 is about forty feet thick, with Coal No. 9 resting upon it. This limestone 

 and that below the coal, have been largely quarried, to be broken for 

 roads. When so quarried it is always nodular. The color varies from 

 light blue to dark gray. A specimen of th^ upper layer yields the fol- 

 lowing upon analysis: 



Silicious matter 5.40 



Alumina and oxide of iron 1.60 



Carbonate of lime 89.00 



Carbonate of magnesia o.2."> 



99.25 



Wheeling Toionship.—-The general elevation of this township is about 

 the same as that of Flushing. 



Along Wheeling Creek, which i)asses through its southern tier of sec- 

 tions, the exposure is very fine, as the whole series from No. S to 12 can be 

 observed without difficulty. Where the Cadiz road crosses the creek, near 

 Mr. W. Ramage's house, in section SO, Coal No. 8 is first seen in the bed of 

 the creek. From this point down, the openings are very numerous, and 

 the lower division averages about five feet. It is worktd principally to 

 supply the neighborhood and the village of Uniontown. Coal No. S'' is 

 seen on the Cadiz road, near Mr. Ramage's, at fifty-two feet above No. 8, 

 and is said to be three feet thick. At the exposure in the road it appears 

 to be thicker, but as it is not worked any where nothing definite can be 

 said about it. Coal No. 9 is here of its usual thickness — two feet six 

 inches — and has its characteristic parting in the middle. Coal No. 10 is 

 much degraded, being only two feet eight inches thick, and not worked. 



Richland Township.— The three rows of sections running east and west 

 through the middle of the township lie for the most part at little lets 



