﻿COAL 
  MEASUKES. 
  5 
  

  

  Ft. 
  

  

  Limestone(?j 
  15 
  

  

  Black 
  shale 
  10 
  

  

  Coal 
  No. 
  3(?) 
  1 
  

  

  Fire 
  clay 
  3 
  

  

  Gray 
  shale 
  20 
  

  

  Limestone)?) 
  15 
  

  

  Black 
  shale 
  11 
  

  

  Coal 
  No. 
  2 
  5 
  

  

  Fire 
  clay 
  2 
  

  

  Sandy 
  shale 
  14 
  

  

  Black 
  shale 
  — 
  10 
  

  

  Limestonet?) 
  , 
  20 
  

  

  Sandstone 
  63 
  

  

  Blue 
  shale 
  16 
  

  

  Coal 
  No. 
  1 
  4 
  

  

  Fire 
  clay 
  1 
  

  

  Shale 
  and 
  sandstone 
  67 
  

  

  655 
  

  

  Having 
  no 
  other 
  section 
  through 
  the 
  lower 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Coal 
  

   Measures 
  in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  for 
  comparison, 
  I 
  am 
  not 
  pre- 
  

   pared 
  to 
  say 
  how 
  far 
  the 
  above 
  report 
  can 
  be 
  depended 
  on 
  as 
  cor- 
  

   rect. 
  The 
  beds 
  reported 
  as 
  limestones 
  40, 
  15 
  and 
  20 
  feet 
  in 
  thick- 
  

   ness, 
  were 
  probably 
  in 
  part 
  at 
  least 
  hard 
  sandstones, 
  as 
  no 
  such 
  

   heavy 
  beds 
  of 
  calcareous 
  rocks 
  are 
  anywhere 
  known 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   below 
  the 
  horizon 
  of 
  the 
  Kiverton 
  coal. 
  At 
  Olney, 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  part 
  

   of 
  the 
  State, 
  a 
  boring 
  for 
  artesian 
  water 
  was 
  made 
  to 
  the 
  depth 
  of 
  

   two 
  thousand 
  feet, 
  passing 
  through 
  only 
  one 
  coal 
  seam, 
  which 
  was 
  

   found 
  at 
  a 
  depth 
  of 
  eleven 
  hundred 
  and 
  sixty 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  surface. 
  

   A 
  section 
  of 
  this 
  shaft 
  will 
  be 
  given 
  further 
  on 
  in 
  this 
  report. 
  From 
  

   this 
  boring 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  that 
  all 
  the 
  coal 
  seams 
  save 
  one 
  have 
  

   thinned 
  out 
  in 
  that 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  State. 
  

  

  At 
  Canton, 
  in 
  Fulton 
  county, 
  a 
  boring 
  for 
  artesian 
  water 
  was 
  

   recently 
  made 
  by 
  Messrs. 
  Atwater 
  & 
  Co., 
  commencing 
  above 
  the 
  

   horizon 
  of 
  coal 
  No. 
  5 
  and 
  extending 
  through 
  the 
  lower 
  Carbonifer- 
  

   ous 
  limestones 
  and 
  into 
  the 
  Silurian 
  rocks 
  below. 
  The 
  following 
  

   section 
  will 
  exhibit 
  the 
  lower 
  Coal 
  Measure 
  strata 
  passed 
  through 
  

   in 
  this 
  boring 
  : 
  

  

  Ft. 
  In. 
  

  

  Surface 
  deposits, 
  soil, 
  clay, 
  etc 
  40 
  

  

  Shale 
  40 
  

  

  Coal 
  No. 
  5 
  4 
  6 
  

  

  Shale 
  15 
  

  

  Limestonet?) 
  , 
  20 
  

  

  Shale 
  61 
  

  

  Slate 
  (horizon 
  of 
  coal 
  No. 
  3) 
  15 
  

  

  Shale 
  30 
  

  

  Coal 
  No. 
  2 
  1 
  6 
  

  

  Fire 
  clay 
  6 
  

  

  