﻿COAL 
  MEASUBES. 
  SB 
  

  

  abandoned. 
  It 
  is 
  probably 
  tbe 
  same 
  as 
  tbe 
  Neeleyville 
  coal, 
  but 
  it 
  

   is 
  only 
  about 
  balf 
  as 
  thick 
  here 
  as 
  it 
  is 
  at 
  Neeleyville, 
  two 
  miles 
  

   further 
  west. 
  

  

  A 
  shaft 
  was 
  commenced 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Loy, 
  at 
  Edgewood, 
  in 
  Effingham 
  

   county, 
  and 
  when 
  last 
  reported 
  on 
  was 
  down 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  

   the 
  upper 
  Coal 
  Measures, 
  and 
  as 
  it 
  was 
  commenced 
  above 
  coal 
  No. 
  

   16, 
  the 
  highest 
  seam 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  any 
  practical 
  value, 
  the 
  record 
  

   is 
  very 
  interesting 
  as 
  showing 
  the 
  regular 
  developments 
  of 
  these 
  

   upper 
  seams 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  of 
  the 
  basin. 
  For 
  the 
  following 
  record 
  I 
  

   am 
  indebted 
  to 
  Dr. 
  G-. 
  W. 
  Bassett, 
  of 
  Vandalia 
  : 
  

  

  EDGEWOOD 
  SHAFT. 
  

  

  Ft. 
  III. 
  

  

  No. 
  1. 
  Soil, 
  clay, 
  sand 
  and 
  gravel 
  59 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  Rotten 
  sandstone 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  3. 
  Yellow 
  clay 
  shale 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  4. 
  Eed 
  sandy 
  shale 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  5. 
  Gray 
  shale 
  16 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  6. 
  Gray 
  limestone 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  7. 
  CoalNo.16 
  5 
  

  

  No. 
  8. 
  Blue 
  shale 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  9. 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  sandy 
  shale 
  13 
  

  

  No. 
  10. 
  Dark 
  clay 
  shale 
  20 
  

  

  No. 
  11. 
  Impure 
  fire-clay 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  12. 
  Hard 
  ealc, 
  sandstone 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  13. 
  Gray 
  sandy 
  shale 
  8 
  

  

  No. 
  14. 
  Clay 
  shale, 
  bottom 
  dark 
  : 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  15. 
  Coal 
  smut 
  '. 
  4 
  

  

  No. 
  16. 
  Pebbly 
  limestone 
  and 
  ironstone 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  17. 
  Dark 
  sandy 
  shale 
  30 
  

  

  No. 
  18. 
  Dark 
  shale 
  with 
  limestone 
  bands 
  11 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  19. 
  Coal 
  (semi-block) 
  No. 
  15 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  20. 
  Fire-clay, 
  with 
  nodules 
  of 
  limestone 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  21. 
  Calcareous 
  sand 
  or 
  limestone 
  8 
  

  

  No. 
  22. 
  Blue 
  shale 
  30 
  

  

  No. 
  23. 
  Dark 
  gray 
  shale 
  30 
  

  

  No. 
  24. 
  Dark 
  and 
  fawn-colored 
  fossiliferous 
  shales 
  40 
  

  

  No. 
  25. 
  Bituminous 
  shale, 
  with 
  shells 
  and 
  crinoids 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  26. 
  Coal, 
  upper 
  part 
  cannel— 
  No. 
  14 
  .• 
  2 
  4 
  

  

  No. 
  27. 
  Dark 
  gray 
  fire-clay 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  28. 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  sandy 
  shale 
  18 
  

  

  No. 
  29. 
  Dark 
  blue 
  shale 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  30. 
  Dark 
  and 
  fawn-colored 
  shale 
  12 
  

  

  No. 
  31. 
  Coal 
  (semi-block) 
  No. 
  13 
  1 
  10 
  

  

  No. 
  32. 
  Fire-clay, 
  with 
  sigillaria, 
  etc 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  33. 
  Dark 
  sandy 
  shale 
  12 
  

  

  No. 
  34. 
  Dark 
  and 
  fawn-colored 
  shales 
  27 
  

  

  No. 
  35. 
  Black 
  bituminous 
  limestone 
  (fossiliferous) 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  36. 
  CoalNo.12 
  1 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  37. 
  Fire-clav 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  38. 
  Dark 
  gray 
  shale, 
  with 
  one 
  inch 
  coal 
  5 
  1 
  

  

  No. 
  39. 
  Fire-clay 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  40. 
  Hardsandrock 
  3 
  

  

  No. 
  41. 
  Black 
  sandy 
  shale 
  5 
  

  

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