WASHINGTON COUNTY. A481 
- markable for its crookedness. This township is hilly, but the hills are 
capable of cultivation, and the soil is generally excellent, rendered so by 
the limestone found more or less abundantly in the hills. 
In determining the geological facts of this township we shall best 
begin on the western margin, having already described Adams township. 
The Cat’s Creek seam of coal—the Cumberland seam—is the same as the 
Bear Creek seam. The seam varies in thickness on Bear Creek. On the 
west side of one-hundred acre lot No. 53, the coal was formerly mined, 
and measured five feet, with a slate parting of one inch two feet above 
the bottom. 
Here the coal was of excellent quality for household and all ordinary 
uses. Coal of similar good quality was found higher up the creek, on 
the land of Mr. Jackson, and considerable quantities were obtained by | 
“stripping ” in the bed of the stream, and carried in wagons to Marietta. 
To the south and south-west the seam becomes thinner, and the coal is 
more slaty. Atthe Bowen mine the seam measures three feet six inches. 
To reach this mine a tram-road was built up the creek from the Mus- 
kingum River. It is to be regretted that this road does not extend 
higher up the creek, so as to reach a thicker and better development of 
coal. 
A sample of Bear Creek coal was analyzed by Prof. Wormley, with the 
following result: ) 
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ANISM cou ngddcd'oN6 Goo donate 4Shuodiaqalode ode BESGED OBEBUS RA BOE Saga AE ECOL BUSeH SuCHA LE CAEEANE a4 HABER 5.24 
Wolatilecomipustilelmathersnes i Meters tasow.tcaveoul dad Mecdon. vesleccsat sees 33.76 
Hpice MCATIOO TE Mater atce ns Sassen Nate uattteaiceoe sided tone ke logue sete sdactegentes vosless 59.00 
FUE H: odsicb onsoncgao bod G40 deicd68 Adobod B68 Hab ao uGBSIBROHH Had BRA BAA HHO Sanne aAnMANiA EH aban 100.00 
STOOL OWED oa 100000 OOOALO BEANO DOB OC ROSS EIA HERESIES AEE MI SREP TSE eo rare AnD AR 3.33 
Salis MTene NAAN MITN COC Meera erua ey ieee else sults ceSiesia, Covers eajseaceses 1.86 
RETRCE MUO lus MP NUEMITCOKO me cetmeriyits seats aerceoseccece et ofooricceccsiecoeeresears cocccal hia sOe 
ST AcOnaw Innes Inpeee mm n es aM arral Kal sme ate NAS AR) CM tl ee 0.39 
Permanent gas per pound in cubic feet ......5..... sccscsces sooscvces osceee ses Me ER atOe Oi 
The sulphur is more than is desirable, and more than the appear- 
ance of the coal would indicate. This is explained by the fact that only 
a small part of it is combined with iron in the form of bi-sulphide. 
The amount of fixed carbon is large, and the amount of permanent gas 
is also large. The coal kindles readily, and burns freely, with a brilliant 
flame, and has high heating power. The best of the Bear Creek coal is 
of excellent quality for household use. With proper facilities for purifi- 
cation, the coal would answer for gas-making. It was once tested in the 
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