HOCKING VALLEY. 669 



The middle bench in this neighborhood should be over iive feet in 

 thickness. The rapid waters, which brought in the coarse material of 

 the sandstone, cut away all the shales which normally cover the coal, 

 the whole of the upper bench, and between two and three feet of the 

 middle bench of the coal. 



On the south side of the West Fork, Section 19, Monroe township, is 

 the following exposure of the coal : 



FT. IK. 



Clay shale. 



Coal 1 1 



Shale 3 



Coal 5 9 



Shale H 



Coal....... 7 



Whole thickness of coal 10 2J 



On the north-east quarter of the same section, is an exposure, as 

 follows : 



FT. IX. 



Coarse sand-rock. 



Coal 1 



Shale 2i 



Coal 5 2i 



Shale 1 



Coal 3 



Total 9 6 



With part of the upper bench removed. 



On the Akron Iron Company's property, a shaft has been sunk through 

 the coal, where the top of the deposit is a little below the bottom of the 

 valley, disclosing this section : 



FT. IN. 



Sandy shale. 

 Blue clay shale. 



Coal 3 11 



Shale S^i 



Coal 5 10 



Shale , i 



Coal 4 



Shale f 



Coal ^ ^ 



Total 13 2 



On the south side of the -valley, and some twenty rods from this shaft, 

 the fine column of coal was taken out which was exhibited (by the Hurd 

 Coal and Iron Company) in the Ohio collection of minerals at the Cen- 

 tennial Exposition in Philadelphia. 



In the north-east quarter of Section 7, Monroe township, the coal is 

 wenty-eight feet below th6 surface, and twelve feet thick. 



