762 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



In the lower part of the ahove section we have a repetition of the sec- 

 tion at Sloan's Station with some important di£Ferences. The upper 

 workable coal seam (No. 7) is easily identified as also are the two small 

 coals above it. The coal 88 feet below the Fleming seam is apparently 

 the same with that 80 feet below it at Sloan's Station, but between the 

 two, 21 feet above the lower seam, a thin coal has come in with limestone 

 below it. This is perhaps the beginning of the reappearance of Coal No. 

 6, which has been wanting in the sections above. 



West of Brown's Station a somewhat remarkable development of can- 

 nel coal is found in the upper part of the Barren Measures below the 

 Pittsburgh Coal. In Taylor's Hill, half a mile south of Brown's, two 

 seams of cannel are opened and mined for domestic use ; they are about 

 90 feet apart, and are respectively 385 and 295 feet above the railroad. 

 The lower seam at Taylor's mine is 3 to 3^ feet thick ; at Dobb's, 3 feet 

 10 inches. The upper seam is 3 feet 4 inches and has supplied some 

 fuel for household use. 



Three or four miles west of Taylor's, on Ford's and Hunt's farms, a 



much thicker seam of cannel coal is found, which, perhaps, corresponds 



to the upper one in Taylor's Hill. On Ford's farm it is reported to be 



5 feet 8 inches in thickness, and another seam of cannel is reported 



some 75 feet below. On the farm of Mr. Hunt the following interesting 



section is shown : 



FT. m. 



1. Coa7 ifl9. 8 witli limeatone above and below, struck in well 4 



2. Sandstone and stale partly concealed 49 



3. Cannel Coal ■ 9 



4. Sandstone , 17 



5. Sandy shale with seams of coal 3 



6. Coal 



7. Fire-clay and ooucealed 10 



8. Limestone 2 



9. Sandstone 23 



10. Olive shale 45 



All the cannel from these beds contains much earthy matter, and yet 

 serves an excellent purpose for local fuel, and it is possible that in some 

 localities a sufficiently pure coal can be found to be worth exportation. 

 (See analysis at end of chapter.) 



We have in this local development of beds of cannel a good illustra- 

 tion of the mode of formation of this variety of coal. They are with- 

 out the under clays which are always associated with strata of cubical 

 coal, and the carbonaceous matter which chiefly composes them has 

 evidently been transported from its place of origin and deposited in 

 some lagoon, or lake of quiet water, just as we see inky looking streams 



