WASHINGTON COUNTY. A69 
This seam is supposed to be the Hobson seam. Its place is probably 
about one hundred feet above the Cumberland or Coal Run seam, but no 
measurements were possible. Careful exploration might perhaps reveal 
it at some point in greater thickness. 
WATERFORD TOWNSHIP. 
This is the north-western township of the county. It is divided into 
two proximately equal parts by the Muskingum River, which, touching 
its south-western corner, flows northward, constituting the western boun- 
dary; thence, with many a curve, in a general south-east direction 
through the township. There is, therefore, within the township limits 
avery unusual area of the rich river bottom land. No part of Ohio can 
show richer land ar finer farms. The township is chiefly drained by 
small tributaries of the Muskingum. The south and west branches of 
Wolf Creek unite near the south line, and the united waters empty into 
the Muskingum just above Beverly. Olive Green Creek, a stream of con- 
siderable importance in Morgan county, enters the Muskingum within 
the limits of this township just below the Morgan county line. 
Many of the hills bordering the Muskingum River are high and bold. 
A hill above Beverly, near the dam, presents a fine cliff on the river 
side very favorable for examination, while from its summit a view of 
unusual beauty is obtained. In the cliff are good exposures of the higher 
strata, while in the bed of Thompson’s Run, a few rods higher up the 
river, a complete section of the limestone group was obtained. The 
following strata were seen in the cliff: 
1. Sandy shale, light and dark colored (not measured).. aah 
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5. Shales, red and blue.......... Le ROR AON cae goo aa Mee eH esta aes aia 10 0 
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10. Sandrock (not measured). 
11. Shales, light colored (not measured). 
12. Limestone, irregularly bedded (not measured). 
13. Red shale, with nodules of iron ore (not measured). 
14. Heavy sandrock, its cracks incrusted with crystallized lime- 
stone (not measured). 
15. Limestone group (not measured). 
The incrustations on the sandrock above referred to are very white 
and beautiful. At some time the clearest of water, charged with car- 
bonate of lime in solution, percolated through the cracks in the: sand- 
