GUERNSEY COUNTY. 537 



Mr. Hunter's bank is said to be just south of the township line of 

 Spencer and in Brookfield township, Noble county. The analysis of the 

 coal will be given in connection with that township. 



Two miles east of Cumberland the following section was obtained : 



Tt. In. 



1. Buff limestone 18 



2. Laminated sandstone and shale 30 



3. Coal (Cumberland seam) reported 4 6 



4. Not exposed 81 



5. Black fossil if erous, earthy limestone 1 6 



6. Not exposed 15 



7. Blossom of coal.(Pomeroy seam). 



8. Notexposed 1C6 



9. Limestone (Ames limestone), fossiliferous 1 6 



The Pomeroy seam of coal has its place generally about one hundred 

 and forty feet above the Ames limestone, and the place of the Cumber- 

 land seam of coal is from ninety to one hundred feet higher. The coal 

 about Cumberland is high in the hills, and, consequently, there is less 

 area of the seam. The coal is used for household purposes and for the 

 generation of steam. 



The large amount of limestone high up in the hills fertilizes the soil, 

 and as an agricultural region this is one of the best. Cumberland is an 

 important and thriving village. 



JACKSON TOWNSHIP. 



This township lies directly south of Cambridge, and is drained by 

 Wills Creek and its tributaries. 



The Cambridge seam of coal is every where seen in the northern part 

 of the township, but disappears below the surface to the south. The 

 presumption is that it extends continuously through this and Valley 

 townships, for it is found by boring at Ava Station, in Buffalo township, 

 in Noble county, where it is reported as six feet six inches thick. There 

 may be thin places and even breaks in the continuity of the seam in so 

 great a distance. This can only be ascertained by borings. There is no 

 doubt, however, that there is a large area of this valuable coal field, 

 through which the Marietta, Pittsburgh and Cleveland Railroad passes. 

 The coal has long been mined for local use in the vicinity of Bysville. 



On the land of J. Jennings the coal measures three feet three inches. 

 At J. Long's, lot 6, it measures four feet two inches. Near Bysville, in sec- 

 tion 6, the following, section was taken : 



1. Limestone (Ames limestone), fossiliferous 2 



2. Notexposed 130 ° 



3. Blossom of coal. 



