162 OIL AND GAS; OHIO, WEST VIRGINIA, PENNSYLVANIA. 
The coal bed noted in this section is evidently directly above the 
Lower Washington limestone, though the heavy bed of limestone 
above may be the upper section of the Lower Washington. West¬ 
ward from this road the Washington coal next appears on the road . 
up Polecat Hollow near the sharp bend to the west. From this point 
it encircles the northern face of the hills to the township line. South- 
westward from the outcrop at Taylorstown the coal dips gently to 
the next exposure, which occurs on the road to the south from the 
ridge road west of Taylorstown, about halfway from the top of the 
ridge to the forks of the road. On the run to the south the outcrop 
line leaves the township at the road forks near its head, where the 
Little Washington coal and the Lower Washington limestone were 
found in fine outcrop. 
On the north side of Buffalo Creek the Washington, coal outcrops 
on the road to Buffalo opposite the residence of V. M. Blaney and 
shows in another fine exposure one-fourth mile farther north. West¬ 
ward the outcrop line of the coal encircles the hills well up toward 
their summits. The coal underlies a narrow strip along the crest of 
the ridge between Buffalo Creek and Brush Bun as far west as a 
point opposite the mouth of Haynon Run and outcrops on each side 
of Pleasant Valley, being about 150 feet above the stream at the 
Buffalo Township line. 
Waynesburg and Waynesburg “A” and U B ” coals. —These coal 
beds are somewhat prominent in Blaine Township, being in contin¬ 
uous outcrop on Brush Bun for the whole length of the township, 
with the Waynesburg coal from 20 to 80 feet above the stream. 
These beds also outcrop along Buffalo Creek from the mouth of 
Brush Bun to a point a mile east of the mouth of Polecat Hollow, 
where for a distance of half a mile the Waynesburg goes under cover, 
reappearing just west of the pumping station and remaining above 
the valley from this point to Taylorstown. This bed has been opened 
for mining in a number of places in both valleys, but owing to the 
poor quality of the coal few of these mines are now in operation. 
South of Taylorstown the Waynesburg coal goes under cover, but 
coal “A" outcrops on each side of Pleasant Valley almost to the 
township line. The outcrop of coal “ B ” on the hillsides above passes 
into Buffalo Township. This bed also conies to the surface for a 
short distance along the township line 1 mile southwest of Tavlors- 
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town. 
Uniontown coal and Berneood limestone .—These beds crop out along 
the base of the hills in the valley of Buffalo Creek from the mouth 
of Brush Run to a point a short distance east of the mouth of Polecat 
Hollow. At this run the Uniontown coal is about 8 inches thick, 
hard and blocky, and it is separated from the upper beds of the 
Benwood limestone by about 1 foot of black shale. Along Brush 
