BELMONT COUNTY. 283 



made at the Agricultural Department, in W'ashington, and No. 2 by Dr. 

 Wormley: 



No. 1. No. 2. 



Water 1.18 10.00 



Organic matter 1..54 



Peroxide of iron an-^ alumina 4.40 10.65 



Lime 8.19 



Carbonate of lime 65.06 7.29 



Carbonate of magnesia 1.17 13.35 



SuliJihuric- acid Trace 



Pliosplioi ic acid Trace. 



Silica and insoluble matter 26.65 50.50 



100.00 99.98 



On Mr. D. Allen's property, section 17, there is a fire-clay ten feet below 

 Coal No. 8. Samples of this clay were sent to New Cumberland, West 

 Virginia, to be tested. The brick which was made is an excellent one, 

 and the claj- proved itself very refractory. The bed is seven feet thick, 

 and may be traced without difficulty. The result of analysis is as fol- 

 lows : 



Silicic acid 58.85 



Alumina 24.48 



Iron, peroxide 3.72 



Lime...., 2.05 



Magnesia 1.08 



Potash and soda 2.32 



Water, combined 6.95 



99.45 

 In the extreme north-western portion of the township Coal No. 8 is 

 again seen beyond the divide upon Little Short Creek. On Mr. McKin's 

 property it has been opened by Bracken and Lomax. It is there about 

 four feet below the bed of the creek, and shows the following section : 



FT. m. 



1. Coal 1 2 



2. Clay - 1 to 8 



3. Coal 5 10 



At this opening sound coal had hardly been reached at the time of ex- 

 amination, but the upper pyrites band is measurably persistent four 

 inches from the top, and there appears to be much pyrites throughout the 

 bed, as far as tested. In the tunnel a "clay vein" occurs, covering ^the 

 bed in a north-west and south-east direction, and dipping north-east. 

 It is somewhat more than three feet thick. 



A short distance further down the creek the same bed is worked by Mr- 

 A. H. Handel. The full section at this opening is as follows : 



