JEFfEESON COUNTY. 771 



coal on the Steubenville road by means of a whim. At his bank we 

 find— 



1. Roofcoal , ifoot. 



^" '^'''y inches to 1 foot 3 inches. 



^- ^°^^ 4 feet 8 inches to 5 feet 4 inches. 



The partings are all present, and the pyrites band near the top is from 

 one-third to two-thirds of an inch thick. Nodules of pyrites are not of 

 frequent occurrence. The coal is of excellent quality, and this bank sup- 

 plies most of the fuel used in the vicinity. 



In the southern portion of the township, Coal No. 8 lies about one hun- 

 dred and sixty feet above Short Creek, the fall of the creek being littie 

 more than that of the coal. Openings are few, and are worked only late 

 in autumn to supply the wants of the owners. The bed averages about 

 four feet nine inches. In the western portion, neap York, we find — 



1. Coal 1 foot to 1 foot a inches. 



2. Clay Ifoot. 



3. Coal 4 feet 6 inches. 



The coal is apparently of fair quality, but the openings are quite 

 insignificant. At Mr. John Scott's bank, nearly two miles north from 

 York, the coal is five feet thick, and Coal No. 9 (?) is only nine feet above 

 it. No limestone is found in the interval. 



At Adena the Crinoidal limestone is found in the bed af Short Creek. 

 The section below the coal in this vicinity is — 



FT. IN. 



1. Coal(No.8) , 4 6 



2. Limestone 2 



3. Shales and sandstone 110 



4. Limestone 2 



5. Shaly sandstone 35 



6. Crinoidal limestone 6 



The Crinoidal limestone here is light gray and not very compact. It 

 contains many fossils, which weather readily from the rock. The most 

 common species are Produetus longispinus, Retzia 'punctilifera, Camarophoria 

 Osagensis, Hemipronites crassus, Chonetes Smithii, and fragments of Zeacrinus 

 mucrospinus. 



Wells Township. — Along the river in this township Coal No. 8 lies high 

 up in the hills at from 260 to 340 feet above the grade of the Cleveland 

 and Pittsburgh Railroad, and openings are seen on the several streams 

 emptying into the river. On Rush Run it has been opened by several 

 persons, all of whom mine it irregularly, and only to supply their own 



