838 GEOLO&Y OF OHIO. 



FT. IN. 



Limestone, not measured. 



Laminated sandstone 14 



Coal, not opened, (Norris seam). 



Clay shale - 5 



Laminated sandstone 25 



Sandstone 15 



Coal, upper bench, Nelsonville seam 3 6 



Shale, " .-■ 3 



Coal, middle bench, " 1 5 



Shale, " 1 



Coal, lower bench, " 2 6 



On the land of James Hawkins, Section 3, Ward township, I obtained 



the following section : 



FT. IN. 



SaLDd-rock. 



Coal 1 3 



Bituminous shale 1 



Coal in three benches 6 



On the La Follett farm, Section 2, Ward township, on Brush Fork, one- 

 third of a mile above the mouth, I obtained the following section : 



FT. IN. 



Sand-rook. 



Yellow shale >. 2 6 



Coal, Nelsonville seam l 8 



Bituminous shale, Nelsonville seam .. 7 



Coal, •' 3 



Clay parting, " 4 



Coal, " 1 8 



Parting, " 1 



Coal, " 1 8 



About forty-five or fifty feet above is the trace of another seam of coal. 

 On the land of J. MancofF, now a part of the Bessemer property, in Sec- 

 tion 1, in the same township, I found: 



YeUow shales. 



Coal 2 2 



Bituminous shale H 



Coal 2 3 



Shale __ 4 



Coal 1 8 



Parting , j 



Coal 2 



On the lands of Messrs. Buckingham and Wright, on the east side of 



