850 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
typical section of the whole cannel district and of a large band of 
territory extending nearly to the southern edge of the county is here 
given as it was measured on the lands of Jas. Sharpless, not more than 
3 mile from the position of the former section. 
This section is exemplified in nearly every ravine in the township, 
and along many of the public roads the elements crop out. 
The structure of the Sharpless coal is much like that of the 
Mowrie Bank. 
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The soft coal over the cannel still affords every chance to the 
miner ; the cannel is here in one of its best phases—it is highly con- 
choidal in its fracture, and breaks with no reference to its lines of 
bedding. The coal is divided into 3 grades; the middle is the best 
and the top coal the least desirable. In this top coal the most beauti- 
ful impressions of Stigmaria with lateral rootlets were seen; nearly 
every mine car contains what would be a prize in a geological museum. 
The composition of this coal differs in a marked degree from those 
cannels reported heretofore. This may be due to the selection of a 
sample, as it was the aim to get one which should fairly represent the 
run of the mine, including top, middle and bottom layers. The 
analytic methods also differ from those employed in the previous work 
of the survey. 
