566 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 



mouth of Captina Creek. In section 20, perhaps three miles up Captina 

 Creek, the following section was taken on the land of Albert Green : 



Ft. In. 



1. Limestone, somewhat sandy 10 



2. Clay shale 4 ° 



3. Nodular limestone 1 



4. "White clay shale 5 ° 



5. Coal 1 2 



6. Clay 1 ° 



7. Coal 5 1° 



(Map XIV., No. 20.) 



The coal is reached by a slope of about fifteen feet in vertical descent. 

 It is mined at this point only for neighborhood use, and the coal is lifted 

 by horse-power. 



On the land of John Owens, section 27, the following section was 

 taken : 



Ft. In. 



1. Sandstone 12 



2. Not exposed 25 



3. Coal 1 6 



4. Underclay (not measured). 



5. Not exposed 156 



6. Cement limestone 10 



7. Limestone 6 



8. Shale 6 



9. Blossom of coal (Cumberland seam). 



10. Clay - 1 



11. Sandstone 10 



12. Shale 8 



13. Coal (not measured). 



14. Clay 3 



15. Limestone 9 



16. Not exposed, but fragments of a cement limestone seam seen near 



the top 33 0. 



17. Limestone 5 



18. Shale 10 



19. Coal 2 



20. Clayparting 6 



21. Coal 5 10 



22. Interval to bed of Captina Creek, from 8 to 10 



(Map XIV., No. 19.) 



The lower coal seam is to be traced from the mouth of Captina Creek 

 to a point in the edge of Washington township, where it passes beneath 

 the bed of the stream. It is every where low, and is perhaps as high 

 above the creek at Mr. Owens's bank as at any other point. The seam 



