WASHINGTON COUNTY. 463 



Cumberland, seam of coal in larger development. The following is the 

 section : 



« Ft. In. 



1. Limestone in layers, with some interstratifled shale 25 



2. Blue shale 15 o 



3. Coal, the upper part slaty. 8 



4. Slate parting 2 



5. Coal, Cumberland seam 2 



6. Underclay 1 6 



(See Map XI., No. 1.) 



On the land of Stephen Hobson, section 36, we find the following sec- 

 tion : 



Ft. In. 



1. Heavy, disintegrating sandstone 40 



2. Not seen 60 



3. Shale, somewhat ferruginous 2 6 



4. Slaty coal 3 



5. Black slate .'. 4 



6. Coal, Hobson seam 2 8 



7. Underclay 2 



8. Not seen 36 



9. Limestone 4 



(See Map XL, No. 3.) 



The coal is not the best, but it answers a good purpose for local use. 

 The limestone found thirty-eight feet below the coal is said to burn into 

 excellent quicklime. 



A geological section was taken on the land of Wilson Graham, section 

 24, which revealed the following strata : 



Ft. In. 



1. Heavy, coarse sandstone 30 



2. Not seen 12 



3. Sandstone 10 



4. Black slate 1 6 



5. Clay 1 



6. Shale 12 



7. Limestone 5 



8. Blue shale, with nodules of siderite ore 25 



9. Coal 1 



10. Slate .' 3 



11. Coal, Hobson seam, reported 2 



12. Underclay 1 



13. Limestone 3 



PALMER TOWNSHIP. 



This township lies north of Fairfield and east of Wesley. It is en- 

 tirely drained by the tributaries of Wolf Creek. Much of the land is 

 smooth and attractive, and many of the farms are in a fine state of cul- 



