BELMONT COUNTY. 569 



The coal seam No. 1 in this section corresponds nearly in geological 

 position with a seam forty-two feet above the tunnel seam at Barnesville. 

 The next below, or No. 5, corresponds to the tunnel seam, and No. 16 with 

 the seam first below the tunnel and the lower coal seam at Lewis's Mills. 

 At Barnesville these upper seams are all thin, and of no practical value. 

 At Mr. Caldwell's, the lowest, or No. 16, is mined to a limited extent. It 

 is a coal of fair quality. 



The Cumberland, or four-feet seam, has been mined in the north-west 

 corner of Washington township, on Bend Fork, and appears to have a 

 dip to the south-east, corresponding to the dip of this stream. It is no- 

 where more than a few feet above the water. Pieces of fossil silicified 

 wood were occasionally seen in the bed of Bend Fork, having fallen from 

 some stratum in the hill-sides, but their original place was not ascer- 

 tained. 



WAYNE TOWNSHIP. 



This township lies west of Washington and south of Goshen. It is 

 drained by Captina Creek. The soil is of fair quality. 



The Cumberland, or upper Barnesville, coal seam is worked along the 

 creek at various points. A section was taken on the land of Joseph 

 Moore, section 17, as follows : 



Ft. In. 



1. Blossom of coal. 



2. Not exposed 44 



3. Limestone 2 



4. Not exposed 9 



5. Buff limestone 1 



6. Not exposed 13 



7. Laminated limestone 6 



8. Cement limestone 4 



9. Limestone H 



10. Dark shale 2 ° 



11. Coal (Cumberland seam) 2 6 



12. Clay 2 ° 



13. Sandstone many feet thick, but the bottom not seen. 



(Map XIV., No. 17.) 



The sandstone below the coal forms the bed of Captina Creek for two 

 or three miles. The cement limestone (No. 8 in the above section) is the 

 same as that found at Warnock's Station, on the Central Ohio Railroad. 



