JEFFERSON COUNTY, 766 



banks already in operation. At Mr. J. C. Pickens's opening we find it 

 somewhat more than two hundred and sixty feet above the creek, and 

 showing the following section ; 



1. Roof Coal ^ , 2 feet to 2 feet 6 inchee. 



2. Clay.. Sfeet. 



3. Coal , ,. 2 feet 6 inches. 



4. Parting ,.,.. 2i inches. 



5. Coo! 1 foot 2 inches. 



6. Parting.... ... 2 inches. 



7. Coal 1 foot 6 inches. 



8. Fire-clay , ... 1 foot. 



9. Limestone 5 feet. 



The coal is of very fair quality, and for the most part quite clean, but 

 in No. 5, the "brick coal," nodules of pyrites occur, which weigh from 

 twenty to fifty pounds. These are surrounded by soft coal, and are easily 

 detached. 



The same coal was worked at one time near the still-house on Little 

 Short Creek, but the openings have long been deserted. The thickness 

 is said to be not far from five feet. The limestone overlying the coal is 

 about forty feet thick, and is sufiiciently good in portions to be used as a 

 flux. For this purpose it is quarried near Portland, and shipped thence 

 to the furnaces at Steubenville and in the vicinity of Wheeling. 



The strata above Coal No. 8 are not fully exposed at any locality within 

 the township. On the ridge road from Portland to Mt. Pleasant, the fol- 

 lowing imperfect section was observed: 



w. 



1. Shales, etc . 50 



2. Coal No. 11 3 



3. Sandstones and shales, with some flaggy limeetones 130 



Limestone, very imperfectly exposed 50 



Coat A'b. 8e — blossom only. 



Sandstone, somewhat shaly - 25 



Limestone— exposure imperfect ... 40 



Coal No. 8 — blossom only . . 5 



Below the coal the rocks are for the most part uninteresting. The sec- 

 tion is as follows ; 



1. Coal No. 8- 



^, J! 1X6 CicSiy •••d m a » * .Addetf .■<f*>i) •«J^«>J' .ria^«s .ra»d<>>f •additrf ddtid m a at a ^ J a A a • a a O 



3. Limestone , 3 



4. Shales and sandstones ..r ............ ........ 50 



5. Limestone, somewhat conglomerate .... 4 



6. Shales and sandstone.... .. ..w. 169 



7. Crinoidal limestone ...^ ...j... 5 



8< Shales and sandstone to creek ..t^n ..<<.. im.. mtt. .<.... dm n.. .. 5C 



