508 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



The geological features are quite similar to those of Independence town- 

 ship, with similar sandstones and shales, and with traces of the upper 

 coals. 

 On the land of C. W. Talbot, section 8, a geological section was taken : 



It. In. 



1. Sandrock 23 



2. Shale 9 



3. Coal 1 2 



4. Slate, with streaks of coal 2 10 



5. Coal 1 



6. Not exposed 150 



7. Blossom of coal. 



8. Not exposed.., 18 



9. White and buff limestone (not measured). 



10. Hard, greenish, flinty sandstone 3 



11. Interval to Ohio River 65 



(See Map XI., No. 35.) 



If the coal — No. 7 of the section, of which only the blossom was seen— 

 is the Hobson seam, then the upper coal, one hundred and fifty feet 

 higher, is the equivalent of one of the seams found in Monroe county. 

 There should be another seam between, but the intervening strata were 

 not exposed. It may not, however, exist here. If No. 7 is the outcrop 

 of the Cumberland seam, then the upper seam is the equivalent of a 

 seam found in Jackson and Benton townships, in Monroe county. The 

 latter is the more probable grouping. 



JOLLY TOWNSHIP. 



This is a small township, situated directly north of Grandview, and 

 adjoins Monroe county. It is hilly and broken. It is drained by small 

 streams flowing directly into the Ohio River. The mineral resources of 

 this township are quite limited, so far as "could be learned. The only 

 place where coal was seen was on the land of Eli Eddy, in section 11. 

 The following section was taken at this point : 



Ft. In. 



1. Sandstone ." 7 



2. Shales 7 



3. Coal, upper part slaty 3 6 



(See Map XL, No. 36.) 



The stratigraphical position of this coal, as given on the map, is per- 

 haps not the true one, it being very difficult to decide its true place with- 

 out more time than could be devoted to the work. The same seam will 

 be found through the region in its proper geological horizon. We vis- 

 ited the only exposure that we could hear of. 



