246 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
Of these mines the Moody Bank is the largest and best known. 
The coal is 43 feet thick, and the quality is up, to the usual standard of 
the seam. The structure is shown in the following cut, Fig. XLIV: 
FLEURE XL 
STRUCTURE OF MUODY’S COAL, 
Shite beseibi eeu oe ss 
Coal: vabessu pied with 
sulp UU. binders, wer egular : ‘ 
An excellent section, embracing several other elements, is found,at 
this point. It is as follows: 
Ft. In 
White and blue shales, in railroad Cut ...........ssscccscececcescsvescscaces 10 
Coal—Brush Creek, Salineville Strip Vein.............+6+ 6000005000000 pear 4Ojn 1G 
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Lower containing Cythere in beautiful condition. 
Shigles.mscteccscescssses LSensclocntanicenoccenedseccne coseeseeonemeccsa iaeseeacs 8 
Sandstone—Massive, Mahoning .................. Gioseee ress dsl eeoee tes 21 
Shales i... cicsiscsiosceteccumececteuss cossempescsticaseeneestnswesceemneeseeseeees 9 
Coal Up per Freeport) ccc ce.ccccecctcccsnecasccetsces ccclemtondocsocdenes. essen: 5 
Hine-clavarcesceseetenee CP eet a Waa 7 ahold aa etalon Dawe cu alek Da siaesee thie um etcees 4. 
Timestone—Upper Freeport, with Spirorbis ...........scscecccsscscsecseees 4 
Concealed: cei ccc.cteascecatescctegescurccctacsscctuccmtiee cet erceecenee 20 to 30 
Coal—Lower Freeport, found in well directly below the mine...... 2 2 
The coal in the Moody mine is fairly steady, but in several of the 
adjoining banks it has run down in thickness, or has in places entirely 
disappeared. On the Atwell farm, its limestone shows in full force, but 
the coal is altogether wanting, so far as investigation has. gone. Clay 
veins are common throughout these mines, but are less detrimental to 
the coal than they usually are. ; 
Two miles below the Moody mine, Empire mine No. 1 on the Scott 
- farm is reached. 
The mine was opened and equipped for a large business. The coal 
was struck 6 feet thick in the drift, and it maintained this volume with 
