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sible to make similar predictions. And yet I have no doubt that there 

 are beneath the surface large quantities of oil. 



East of Newport village, on the bank of the river, we find the Cumber- 

 land seam of coal under a heavy sandrock. In the Narrows, below the 

 village, this sandrock is four hundred feet above the water of the river. 



Nowhere in Newport have I seen the coal under the sandrock of much 

 promise. The Pomeroy seam is still thinner, and, probably, nowhere 

 worthy of mining. 



INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP. 



This township lies east of Lawrence and north of the eastern part of 

 Newport. It touches upon the Ohio River in the south-eastern portion. 

 The eastern part is drained by Sheet's Run and several others which 

 empty into the Ohio ; and the western chiefly by Archer's Fork of Little 

 Muskingum. The township is quite hilly. There is no valuable devel- 

 opment of coal, although the Cumberland and Hobson seams are found in 

 their proper horizons, but always thin. In section 3, on the land of John 

 Goodrich, on the run, about two miles above the Ohio, was found the Hob- 

 son coal. The whole section here is as follows : 



pt. in. 



1. Coarse heavy sandrock 30 



2. Not exposed 22 



3. Sandrock, laminated in places 40 



4. Shale 27 



5. Sandrock 10 



6. Sandy shale, with, nodules of iron ore 3 



7. Shale 3 



8. Coal, Hobson seam 1 3 



(See Map XI., No. 32.) 



On the land of Joseph Chris, section 13, on Davis Run, the Cumber- 

 land seam of coal was found. The following is a geological section 

 there : 



Ft In. 



1. Sandrock 15 ° 



2. Shale, and not seen 25 ° 



3. Sandrock 10 ° 



4. Shale 40 ° 



5. Coarse sandrock "* ° 



6. Sandy shale 6 ° 



7. Blue shale 6 ° 



8. Slate, with streaks of coal 1 " 



9. Coal, Cumberland seam * " 



10. Clay, " " 1 6 



11. Coal, " " ° 8 



(See Map XI., No. 33.) 



