1076 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
A fine-grained sandstone was noticed at 30 to 40 feet below the 
Meigs Creek coal, which furnishes good flagging and building stone. 
Olive township, Noble county, holds the Meigs Creek coal in the 
eastern and western parts, but through the central part the coal has been 
cut out by the deep, broad valley of the West Fork of Duck Creek. 
The eastern area is made up of a few outliers and narrow strips in 
the tops of the ridge. The western area is found in the water shed 
between West Fork of Duck Creek, and Big Olive Green Creek, and 
although high in the ridge, there is a good area of solid coal. 
No worked mines were found on the western side, but from reports 
of the abandoned ones the coal is thin, except in the extreme southern 
part of the township. 
Near the N. W. corner of the township an old mine was reported 
23 to 3 feet, rarely 33 feet thick. In Section 28, Olive township, 3 . 
feet was given as about the average, with a “tough streak” of 3” to 4” 
near the top of the seam. In Section 35, Olive township, the coal was 
said to be from 3’ 9” to 4’ thick, with a “tough streak” near the center 
of the seam. 
On the land of Ezra Davis, in N. E. } Section 13, Olive township, 
the Meigs Creek coal gave the following section : 
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The entries do not have to be timbered, and the rooms are run 20 
to 24 feet wide, with two rows of posts. 
In the S. W. + Section 12, Olive township, the coal is thinner, 
measuring only 3 to 33 feet, with a “tough streak” at the top. The 
roof is also poor. | 
Jackson township, Noble county, has the largest area of the Meigs 
Creek coal of any township in Noble county. Only the largest creeks 
cut down through the coal, and they only take out very narrow strips. 
In the north-eastern corner of the township the coal is well up in the 
hills, but it drops rapidly to the south and west, and soon comes close 
to the level of the valleys. 
