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DETAILED GEOLOGY OF CLAYSVILLE QUADRANGLE. 
the rocks toward Coon Island is sufficient to keep the coal a few feet 
above the stream, and in the road opposite the slaughterhouse it occurs 
in two benches, with several feet of shale between. Less than a mile 
south of Coon Island the coal goes under the bed of the run and does 
not show at any point to the south in the Claysville quadrangle. Up 
Dutch Fork, toward Claysville, the coal rises at about the same rate 
as the bed of the run. The last outcrop noted on this stream is near 
a short lane to the north from the National pike, 1 mile west of Clays¬ 
ville. It probably goes under cover in the bed of the run a short dis¬ 
tance west of the steel plant. At all outcrops noted on this run from 
Coon Island eastward, the coal occurs in two or more benches sepa¬ 
rated by black or reddish shale, and it does not appear to be of eco¬ 
nomic value. 
I Vaynesburg and IF aynesburg “A” and “ B coals .—For a mile or 
more west of the mouth of Buck Run the Waynesburg coal outcrops 
along the base of the hill to the south of Buffalo Creek, but the steep 
westerly dip carries it under cover before the first crossing is reached. 
On Buck Run it outcrops on both sides of the valley to a point within 
three-fourths of a mile of Donley, where it goes under cover. This 
coal is prominent and has been opened in several places for mining, 
though most of the mines have since been abandoned owing to the 
poor quality of the coal. On Dutch Fork the anticlinal nose crossing 
south of Budaville brings the Waynesburg coal to the surface for a 
mile or more, but the dip of the rocks in both directions from the axis 
soon carries the coal under cover. The Waynesburg “A” and “ B ” 
coals have the same general distribution in the township as the 
Waynesburg, though, being above this coal, they are exposed over a 
larger area. On the south side of Buffalo Creek, west of the mouth 
of Dutch Fork, these coals outcrop in a continuous line to the edge of 
the quadrangle. 
Uniontown cool and Benwood limestone .—The Uniontown coal 
barely comes to the surface in the bed of Buck Run, about 100 yards 
south of its mouth. It is directly underlain by the Benwood lime¬ 
stone. These beds occur along Buck Run for half a mile, but beyond 
that place go under cover. 
EAST AND WEST FINLEY TOWNSHIPS. WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
The geologic conditions are so nearly identical in East and West 
Finley townships that it is thought advisable to discuss them together. 
The trough of the Finney syncline passes through the center of this 
area, having a northeast-southwest trend. The bottom of this trough 
is uneven, being lowest at the south border between Robinson and 
Templeton runs. One-half mile south of Hair schoolhouse, in 
this syncline, the bottom of a small shallow basin is 80 feet higher. 
Northward from this point the trough is broader and very flat, leav- 
