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OIL AND GAS; OHTO, WEST VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA. 
coal. Westward along the hillside the outcrop line of these coals is 
almost on a level with the Buffalo-Taylorstown road. Up a tributary 
to Brush lviin from the north, a short distance west of this road, the 
Waynesburg goes under cover before the first road crossing is reached. 
On this road, uphill to the west from this tributary, an unusually 
thick outcrop of the Waynesburg “A” coal occurs 1)0 feet below 7 the 
Washington coal. At the point where this run crosses the Middle¬ 
town-Buffalo pike the “A" coal has been opened, exposing at least 4 
feet of coal. Accurate measurement shows it to be 89 feet below 7 the 
Washington coal. The steep westward dip of the rocks carries these 
coal beds lower and lower on the hillsides to the north of Brush Run 
until, at the mouth of Haynon Run, the Waynesburg coal is not over 
30 feet above the valley, and a short distance north of the mouth of 
Dunkle Run this bed is stripped in the bottom of the run and is also 
opened by entry. The “A 1 ' and u B ” coals outcrop for half a mile 
farther upstream. On the south side of Dunkle Run, near its mouth, 
the “A” seam has been opened, but was soon abandoned. Up this run 
the last outcrop of this group is about three-fourths of a mile south 
of the Middletown-Buffalo pike. 
Uniontown coal and Benwood limestone .—The only exposures of 
these beds in the township occur on the north side of Brush Run, a 
few 7 feet above the stream, from a point 1 mile east of its mouth to a 
point within about the same distance of the corner of Buffalo, Blaine, 
and Hopewell townships. The beds show the same general relations 
as in Blaine Township, to the south. 
Middle Washington limestone and Jolly town coed .—In Hopewell 
Township the Middle Washington limestone attains its maximum 
thickness of about 25 feet. Near West Middletown it is present in 
the tops of the hills, and on the ridge road south to Acheson its ex¬ 
posure is several yards wide on the hillside above Haynon Run. 
1 he limits of the bed are not clearly marked, but from all appear¬ 
ances it is at least 25 feet thick, the Jollytowm coal being exposed 
more than 110 feet above the Washington coal. This point lies fairly 
e ce tei of the Bui^ettstow n syncline, and from it the outcrop 
line of these beds rises in all directions except to the south and south¬ 
west. The Jollytown coal outcrops at the forks of the road on the In¬ 
dependence and West Middletown pike at the township line. It also 
occurs a short distance east of this point, the Middle Washington 
limestone outcropping below. The Jollytown coal crops out on the 
West Middletown-Buffalo pike at the summit of the first hill w 7 est 
of Buffalo, with the Middle Washington limestone in fine outcrop 
below. 1 he lowei beds of this limestone are exposed at the cross¬ 
roads in Buffalo and a short distance to the north of this village. 
n coal also occurs on the first road east o f this point 
opposite the lane to the east. Here it is broken up into several small 
