WASHINGTON COUNTY. 479 



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5. Blossom of coal, Cumberland or Bear Creek seam. 



6. Not exposed 50 



7. Limestone (not measured). 



8. Not exposed 10 



9. Heavy sandstone 25 



10. Coal below bed of stream, once dug a little. 



Bear Creek. (See Map XL, No. 17.) 



On the hill, back of the house of B. F. Dyar, section 7, in this town- 

 ship, we find the Hobson coal exposed. It has in two and one-half miles 

 from the place of the last section dipped about sixty feet. Mr. Dyar's 

 section is as follows : 



It. In. 



1. Nodules of iron ore, hematite. 



2. Shales and sandstones 34 



3. Sandstones, chiefly 20 



4. Not exposed 12 



5. Coal, Hobson seam 8 



6. Clay parting " 2 



7. Coal " 1 6 



8. Underclay 2 



9. Crumbling limestone 2 6 



10. Not exposed 40 



11. Limestone 8 



12. Interval, not seen to Muskingum River 65 



(See Map XL, No. 24.) 



A section was taken on the north side of March Run hill to obtain the 

 interval between a thin seam of coal once mined by Frank Norman, and 

 the heavy limestone deposit near the foot of the hill. This was found to 

 be ninety-seven feet. The limestone, with the shales between the lay- 

 ers, is nine feet thick. Underneath are four feet of shale. A composition 

 section showing all the strata on both sides of the hill is as follows : 



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1. Bed shales on top of slate. 



2. Crumbling limestone and shale 2 



3. Mostlyshale 51 ° 



4. Sandstone '. 3 ° 



5. Bed shale 36 ° 



6. Coal once dug, now covered. 



7. Hard limestone near the top, rest unseen 20 



8. Sandstone 15 ° 



9. Bluish clay, with a layer of nodules of ore 10 



10. Limestone 1 " 



11. Cay shale 5 ° 



12. Sandstone 4 ° 



