WASHINGTON COUNTY. 477 



On the left branch of Gat's Creek, on the land of Nicholas Basil, about 

 three miles above the mouth, the coal is thicker. The following section 

 was taken, showing the several exposed strat in the hills : 



Ft. In. 



1. Crumbling limestone in red shale. 



2. Not exposed 110 o 



3. Laminated sandstone 5 o 



4. Sandy shale 16 



5. Hard sandstone 3 o 



6. Shale 10 



7. Limestone 2 



8. Not exposed 40 



9. Limestone, in part cement limestone • 10 



10. Clay.shale '. •.. 18 



11. Buft limestone 3 



12. Sandstone 20 



13. Shale 1 



14. Coal, slaty at top 4 3 



15. Not exposed 10 



16. Sandstone N 14 



17. Shale 4 



18. Limestone * 2 



(See Map XL, No. 16.) 



The same seam of coal is to be found on all the branches of Cat's Creek, 

 and, continuing under the hills, reappears on Bear Creek, in Salem town- 

 ship. 



Adams township has, therefore, a very large supply of coal, well adapted 

 to all ordinary uses. It will be the basis of a large manufacturing indus- 

 trj r when capital and enterprise are . introduced. At present there is no 

 adequate market for it, and coal cannot be profitably mined without large 

 markets. The water-power at Lowell is very considerable, but for many 

 classes of manufacturing fuel in large quantities is indispensable. A 

 railroad in the Muskingum valley would be of almost incalculable value 

 to this part of the State, and would naturally attract capital to the coal 

 field in Adams township. The soil of the township is excellent, abun- 

 dant limestone of a highly soluble and fertilizing kind being found in 

 all the hills. Th e alluvial soil of the Muskingum valley is also extremely 

 fertile, so that a large manufacturing population could be fed from home 

 productions, and the farmers would have the advantage of a constant 

 and remunerative home market. 



UNION TOWNSHIP. 



This township lies directly south of Adams and east of Watertown. 

 It is drained chiefly by the waters of Rainbow Creek. Much of the soil 



