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the point of confluence. Along Wheeling Creek the height of the coal 

 above the stream varies from thirty to one hundred feet, as the creek falls 

 more rapidly than the coal. The openings are very numerous, averaging 

 one to almost every farm. On Barr's Run the coal is opened on Mr. G. 

 Lost's land, section 31. The lower coal is five feet thick, while the roof- 

 coal is double, five inches and ten inches, separated by two inches of 

 shale. Further up the run, at Mr. J. Henderson's mill, section 32, the 

 lower coal is five feet, and it there disappears in the hill. On Hughes's 

 Run two openings are seen near the county bridge. On Mr. J. Harris's 

 land, section 19, the coal is one hundred feet above the creek, and the 

 lower division is five feet eight inches. On Fall Run it is opened at sev- 

 eral localities, but shows no peculiarities, averaging about five feet. 



On Flat Run are several openings. That of Mr. Boggs, section 17, 

 shows a strange variation in the roof The section is as follows: 



lET. IN. 



1. Shale 12 



2. Blackshale 3" 



3. Coal 3" 



4. Black shale i 



5. Coal - li 



6. Shale i 



7. Coal 10 



8. Shale 1 



9. Coal H 



10. Shale 5 



11. Coal H 



14 3i 



Below this is one foot of clay, resting on the lower division, of which 

 four feet ten inches are seen. The pyrites band is fourteen inches from 

 the top, and the upper bench is twenty-nine inches thick. The coal is 

 irised, and so hard as to bear transportation well. At Mr. S. C. Wilson's 

 bank, on same run, the roof-coal is not exposed, and the lower coal is five 

 feet four inches. At Mr. J. Nolan's bank, in section 10, the lower coal is 

 five feet four inches to five feet eight inches, and the roof-coal varies from 

 nine to twelve inches. The intimate structure of the coal at the open- 

 ings in this township is as follows: 



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1. Coal, with pyrites band 29-31 



2. Slate parting 1 



3. Coal 3-10 



4. Slate parting 1 



5. Coal 28-31 



