462 GEOLOGY OP OHIO. 



the farmers deserve great credit for doing so well with a soil containing 

 comparatively little lime. 



WESLEY TOWNSHIP. 



This township lies directly north of Decatur, and borders Athens county 

 on the west. The larger part of the township is drained by the branches 

 of Wolf Creek. The south-eastern portion is drained by the tributaries 

 of Little Hocking. A small area in the south-west is drained by branches 

 of Federal Creek. In the central portion of the township there is a good 

 deal of comparatively level and smooth land. This is upon the elevated 

 area from which the streams radiate. In the northern part of the 

 township there is much excellent land upon the various branches of 

 Wolf Creek. In this township we find two seams of coal. The lower of 

 the two is the upper seam on Big Run, or what I have generally called 

 the Cumberland seam, from the town of Cumberland, Guernsey county, 

 where the seam is mined. The upper seam in Wesley is about one 

 hundred feet higher than the Cumberland seam. I have called it the 

 Hobson coal, it being seen upon the farm of Stephen Hobson, section 36. 

 The lower, or Cumberland, seam is probably only to be found in the 

 north-west portion of the township. It is low in the bed of Coal Run. 

 On the land of Henry Barnes, section 6, both seams of coal are seen, in 

 the following geological section : 



Ft. In. 



1. Shale 4 



2. Cannel slate 1 



3. Coal, Hobson seam 8 



4. Not seen 45 



5. Limestone 2 



6. Not seen 10 



7. Limestone and interstratifled shales 8 



8. Buff limestone 4 



9. Shale 1 



10. Limestone 10 



11. Shale, with nodules of limestone 8 



12. Blue shale 16 



13. Coal, Cumberland seam, reported 1 



(See Map XI., No. 2.) 



The lower coal has only been obtained by stripping in the bed of Coal 

 Run. Possibly a part of the seam has here been eroded, and if the coal 

 were mined by a drift it might be found considerably thicker. This geo- 

 logical section reveals considerable limestone. If so much limestone 

 were placed well up on the hills, its fertilizing effect would be much 

 greater than where it now is, so low in the valley. 



On the land of Henry Wagner, on Coal Run, we find the lower, or 



