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GOAL MEASURES. 



Section* of the Rock Strata at the Salt-works at Kis 

 kiminitas, Ohio. 



Fig. 48. 



1. Yellow argillaceous soil. 



2. Sandstone rock — slaty, friable. 



3. Sandstone rock — argillaceous 

 containing vegetable relics. 



|p 4. Shale — bituminous, slaty. 



5. Coal. 



6. Slaty clay. 

 ^ 7. Sandstone. 



H -8. Shale — black and bituminous. 



9. Coal — bituminous, compact. 



10. Slaty clay — carbonaceous. 



11. Sandstone rock. 



12. Limestone rock— carboniferous, 

 % containing fossils. 

 ^ 13. Sandstone rock — - hard, argilla- 

 ceous. Forms bed of river. 



The lowest members of this thick series of the 

 carboniferous strata of the Alleghany range, as we 

 have already remarked, are generally red, green, 

 and buff-coloured sandstones, often very argillace- 

 ous, the whole having a probable thickness of 1000 



* These sections are taken from Silliman's Journal, and were 

 drawn up by Dr. Hildreth, of Ohio. 



