1082 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
is quite steady in the north-east part of Wayne township, and in north-- 
west part of Beaver township. The northern and southern parts of 
Beaver township have considerable of the Meigs Creek coal, while the 
central part has been all cut away by Beaver Fork of Wills Creek, 
running west through the township. . 
On the land of H. C. Reed, in S. E. ¢ Section 17, Beaver township,,. 
the Meigs Creek coal is mined for the Williamsburgh market. 
Reed’s coal gives the following section : | 
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It is reported that several years ago a coal from 3 to 4 feet thick was. 
dug out of the creek bed, at 92 feet below Reed’s coal bank. The 
lower coal was looked for farther to the south and west, but never 
found. If the statement be true, we are here upon the western edge of 
the valuable area of Pittsburgh coal, extending eastward to the Ohio 
river. : 
In Section 1, Beaver township, the Meigs Creek coal was reported 
3 feet thick. In the N. W. ¢ Section 8, a strong coal mark was found 
90 to 100 feet above the Meigs Creek coal. No openings could be found 
into the upper seam. 
On Wm. Lashley’s land, in S. W. ¢ Section 26, Beaver township, 
the Meigs Creek coal was found 43 feet thick, with two thin partings 
dividing the seam into three nearly equal parts. The roof coal was 
from 18” to 24” thick, and is 6” to 12” above the main seam; the two 
separated by clay. 
At Barnesville, Belmont county, the Meigs Creek coal, or as here 
known, the Upper Barnesville coal, is worked by means of a shaft, 
some 70 feet deep. 
The shaft formerly went down to the’Pittsburgh coal, but the lower 
part has been abandoned and filled up to the level of the Meigs Creek 
coal. The coal here gives the following section : 
