BELMONT COUNTY. 565 



Ft. In. 



8. Bituminous shale 1 



9. Coal 1 6 



10. Thin underclay (not measured). 



11. Laminated sandstone 12 



12. Shale 2 



13. Limestone 2 



14. Shale, with nodular limestone 9 



15. Hard laminated limestone 7 



16. Not exposed 86 



17. Cement limestone 8. 



18. Not exposed 40 



19. Coal (Cumberland seam) 4 



20. Not exposed 2 



21. Sandstone 13 



22. Blossom of coal. 



23. Sandstone 16 



24. Limestone 2 



25. Shale 8 



26. Cement limestone 5 



27. Interval down to the coal in the slope not examined in detail, but 



largely limestone and shales, with one thin seam of coal, about.. 40 

 (Map XIV., No. 15.) 



Samples of the cement limestone (No. 26 in the foregoing section) 

 were taken for analysis by Prof. Wormley, and also a sample of the lime- 

 stone just above. No. 1 was taken one foot six inches from the bottom, 

 and No. 2 from near the top of the cement stratum. No. 3 is the lime- 

 stone : 



No. 1. No. 2. No. 3. 



Silicious matter 24.00 17.40 8.60 



Alumina, with trace of iron 7.00 6.20 4.90 



Lime, carbonate 37.90 51.80 80.70 



. Magnesia, carbonate 30.47 23.94 5.69 



Totals 99.37 99.34 99.89 



With an adequate market, cement lime could be very profitably made 

 in Mead township. 



YORK TOWNSHIP. 



This township lies on the Ohio River, south of Mead. Captina Creek 

 runs through the middle of it. The Bellair seam of coal does not con- 

 tinue its dip at the same rate as seen in Pultney and Mead townships, 

 for it is found in the bed of the Ohio River at Powhattan, at the 



