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tinctive element, and thus bring the samples up to the level of the 
ordinary coals of several of our well-known fields. 
The depth of the so-called “find” below the Sharon coal that 
overhangs it, in the Lester and other mines, ranges from 475 to 500 
feet. The claim made by some that the “ find” isin reality the Sharon 
or No. 1 coal, carried deeper than has been supposed by an unusual 
dip, is not supported by a single fact, and is negatived by all the facts, 
and does not therefore deserve refutation. The level at which the 
“tind ” is located is below the place of the Berea Grit. The testi- 
mony of the drillers is to the effect that they found “rock” all 
the way down, and that nothing corresponding to the Cuyahoga shales 
was encountered. The record was not kept with care, however, and 
there is nothing decisive in the testimony as to the series penetrated. — 
The best practical judges of the facts in the case unite in the 
view that the coal taken out of the hole was first put there, ‘ with 
intent to deceive”. The suggestion that the drillers struck one of the 
sheets of Avon “albertite”, with which the shales are occasionally 
intersected, is set aside by the vegetable structure found in the later 
samples of the coal from the drill hole. 
Since writing the above paragraphs, further exploration has been 
made and much clearer light has been thrown upon the claim. Two 
wells have been drilled by residents of Clinton, the last one within $ 
mile of the original Wagner well. Through the courtesy of Andrew 
Donnenwirth, J. P., who was one of the company engaged in the 
exploration, the records of these two drillings are herewith furnished : 
The first drill-hole showed— 
TBE T1011 6.68666009 600060500.609000000000000000.500080000 0608000800000060800000008600000000 000000 3 feet 
Sandstone. icchfebiccehes ea sho si hance Remi abestitee deiweuseouaetens sosteneal aanceneemeeesns 1} 
Pebbleiroclaandtsandstonepereecpeeeceeetceerecseee eet siucceanaeees 80 “. 
Cuyahoga shale ....... sea iededesediesssecineoeccesnaenesacencenseenececnsenstsecsetees 200 “ 
Ber avariti see ee sdsuds consdcne cee dest Galuioncecstemicceronenocsceae ness teacectineesanas 54“ 
Bedford shale, etc ..................-- 000000000 900000000000 000000000609000  sd00 90b0t OO Ts 
Total depthicdicsoccde. ee au scatoeesalecatuoaeuk va cacebacmocenseaescaee 450 feet. 
The second record showed 80 feet of sand andclay. The Cuyahoga 
shale was thicker and the Berea grit not quite as thick. The drill 
stopped in Bedford shale at a depth of 443 feet. 
In other words, both sections are normal in all respects, and the 
