﻿COAL 
  OIL. 
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  These 
  quarries 
  employ 
  about 
  33 
  men, 
  and 
  being 
  located 
  immediately 
  

   upon 
  the 
  railroad, 
  the 
  product 
  can 
  be 
  readily 
  shipped 
  to 
  any 
  point 
  

   where 
  a 
  market 
  can 
  be 
  found. 
  

  

  The 
  bottom 
  of 
  the 
  quarry 
  furnishes 
  the 
  best 
  dimension 
  stone, 
  

   especially 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  required 
  to 
  withstand 
  the 
  action 
  of 
  frost 
  and 
  

   water. 
  Its 
  power 
  of 
  resistance 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  equal 
  any 
  sandstone 
  yet 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  At 
  Marietta 
  siding, 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  further 
  west, 
  another 
  quarry 
  has 
  

   been 
  opened, 
  but 
  little 
  work 
  except 
  stripping 
  has 
  been 
  done. 
  It 
  is 
  

   located 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  sandstone 
  as 
  the 
  Kockville 
  quarries. 
  

  

  COAL 
  OIL. 
  

  

  The 
  Litchfield 
  Coal 
  Company 
  made 
  a 
  boring 
  in 
  the 
  bottom 
  of 
  

   their 
  coal 
  shaft 
  in 
  November, 
  1879, 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  determining 
  

   whether 
  another 
  coal 
  scam 
  thick 
  enough 
  to 
  be 
  profitably 
  mined, 
  

   could 
  be 
  found 
  below 
  the 
  one 
  they 
  were 
  then 
  working, 
  and 
  at 
  the 
  

   depth 
  of 
  682 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface, 
  and 
  255 
  below 
  the 
  coal 
  in 
  their 
  

   shaft, 
  they 
  found 
  the 
  first 
  deposit 
  of 
  coal 
  oil 
  of 
  any 
  value 
  that 
  has 
  

   been 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  State. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  heavy 
  lubricating 
  oil, 
  and 
  was 
  

   associated 
  with 
  salt 
  water 
  and 
  gas, 
  the 
  latter 
  in 
  such 
  quantity 
  that 
  

   it 
  might 
  be 
  utilized 
  for 
  lighting 
  the 
  city. 
  For 
  the 
  following 
  record 
  

   of 
  the 
  beds 
  passed 
  through 
  at 
  Litchfield 
  to 
  reach 
  this 
  oil 
  deposit, 
  I 
  

   am 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  Litchfield 
  Coal 
  Company. 
  

  

  Ft. 
  In. 
  

  

  No. 
  1. 
  Surface 
  clay, 
  gravel, 
  etc 
  75 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  2. 
  Limestone 
  14 
  

  

  No. 
  3. 
  Black 
  slate 
  and 
  coal 
  3 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  4. 
  Fireclay 
  . 
  4 
  

  

  No. 
  5. 
  Clay 
  shale 
  8 
  

  

  No. 
  6. 
  Shelly 
  limestone 
  5 
  

  

  No. 
  7. 
  Shale 
  and 
  gray 
  slate 
  79 
  

  

  No. 
  8. 
  Hard, 
  silieious 
  rock 
  3 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  9. 
  Fire-clay 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  10. 
  Shelly 
  limestone 
  8 
  

  

  No. 
  11. 
  Brown 
  silieious 
  rock, 
  very 
  hard 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  12. 
  Soft 
  clay 
  shale 
  3 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  13. 
  Gray 
  shale 
  and 
  sandstone 
  14 
  

  

  No. 
  14. 
  Brown 
  sandy 
  shale 
  19 
  

  

  No. 
  15. 
  Sandstone 
  and 
  shale 
  ' 
  97 
  

  

  No. 
  16. 
  Grayshale 
  45 
  

  

  No. 
  17. 
  Darkshale 
  33 
  

  

  No. 
  18. 
  Blackshale 
  7 
  

  

  No. 
  19. 
  Coal— 
  No.5? 
  2 
  

  

  No. 
  20. 
  Hard 
  fire-clay 
  : 
  16 
  

  

  No. 
  21. 
  Hard 
  silieious 
  rock 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  No. 
  22. 
  Coarse 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  9 
  

  

  