1074 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
county court house, in Cambridge. The Meigs Creek coal has been 
stripped in the bed of Meigs Creek, in the center of Section 18, and has 
been mined at 15 to 18 feet above the creek valley, in 8. W. 4 Section 
30, Brookfield township. 
The coal has at some time been opened on almost every farm that 
has its crop, but the mines are not kept ina condition to be entered. 
At John Dickson’s steam mill, in N. W. % Section 31, Brookfield 
township, the coal gave the following section : 
Clay shale roof, poor. 
Goal access, si asiea ileden od [3s a0 hesiods Bekele Socal PES Maile eee seem ences 6 inches. 
Clay parting, often full of ferriferous sandstone ...............00. see. 4 “ 
(O10: ae ener pene rea tee ere eric trier CENCE Aoi ac ecBoadosu Oi aSconcnosddeaons 13 a 
Hard slate, full of ferriferous sandstone ...................-.ssseseseeerses 5 ss 
COLGyt hati ep eee Hee acre eer Ree ar Ada immer h Wns aul Moan. lpia 28 < 
(aI RL Bleccete ke del dec caalendlddee bas ween teeuds patella nacites tapes teeter e meee — 
The total seam is here 4 feet. It is reported as often reaching 43 
feet, and sometimes 5 feet. 
On the land of John A. Thrap, in N. W. 4 Section 22, Brookfield 
township, the Meigs Creek coal gives the following section: 
Clay shale roof, poor. 
Coal :slaty and poor. ciccscsccccssecshcesces covuesecodoceccsabecoseorncaete sec 6 inches. 
Clay Parting recess o<ctuscescsedgeseuneCescaceotoesvaceccemsoccewsuemececteceeaencens 1 oy 
GOal oes cc reteccaniasceceewscactescscensoadecscuce su cecueecdsaces cc cemeecmaeatecsacctes 15 re 
Hardislate: parting 7; iM. cisci sth. de ldaoeeite ce ocaesnweteeonesfccasteedenstenenterts 5 . 
Oa) secs cSesee dans cbugc descent ease linsen sede ume chasunies dace soe cences eet eweonens cee eoees 11 % 
Black Slate vicc.die0s se cacatevdesdeclecliceecececetelesarenetiiee sooutoaneccccmeeocasoece 2 
COaliscieccssaccsicessiscdaassn steerer as soeduions soedaccuonacoscresemeneteaae ret sceceseree 13 7 
CUB Y oe casceanaohiacscensnkan foncenece ceeaeoecocseacincendapseesecoenconacemetinneseccnees — 
The partings do not seem to be as well-defined and characteristic 
as in Morgan county, but come and go in all parts of the seam. 
The average of three analyses from Brookfield township is as 
follows: 
Brookfield Coal (Lord). 
Mroisttrre: (eth Ee ee RE ER ERE EA RC ee 3.41 
Wolatilexcombustilolepmmattenbesscsencceceenereec eee eee eee eee 40.30 
ix CO CAT BOI eos obs etess:s carela Nerstorateloce sie PSO oe he Solas RE eee OE 45.41 
IN BD ose chide auiie setae Loca Sica ate SO hese o Tae CSS Ree Oe ee eee 10.88 
Totals ee, EE, REAR RECS GLE A CER A het aan) Renae tt 100.00 
