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sible to make similar predictions. And yet I have no doubt that there 
are beneath the surface large quantities of oil. 
East of Newport village, on the bank of the river, we find the Cumber- 
land seam of coal under a heavy sandrock. In the Narrows, below the 
village, this sandrock is four hundred feet above the water of the river. 
Nowhere in Newport have I seen the coal under the sandrock of much 
promise. The Pomeroy: seam is still thinner, and, probably, nowhere 
worthy of mining. 
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP. 
This township lies east of Lawrence and north of the eastern part of 
Newport. It touches upon the Ohio River in the south-eastern portion. 
The eastern part is drained by Sheet’s Run and several others which 
empty into the Ohio; and the western chiefly by Archer’s Fork of Little 
Muskingum. The township is quite hilly. There is no valuable devel- 
opment of coal, although the Cumberland and Hobson seams are found in 
their proper horizons, but always thin. In section 3, on the land of John 
Goodrich, on the run, about two miles above the Ohio, was found the Hob- 
son coal. The whole section here is as follows: 
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(See Map XI., No. 32.) 
On the land of Joseph Chris, section 13, on Davis Run, the Cumber- 
land seam of coal was found. The following is a geological section 
there: 
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SUES ECHO Lemme URANO eo UIC uC MI AN A 10 0 
Als ASIOBIE’ oc ieina Subeocce COBO ER OEE EOC CE Eee EE AOE AE eG nan Euan 40 0 
Dy, KOKO EMESIS (SRNOVGIROYE]S bass se bsdentie Tuo SEAL OBERT EEE BCI HEE ECE CRE EEC ECE EEEEO CLD SELLE IEeR EEE 24 0 
Gs PSE OKC DY SIDES socdaa bneshs Go445 BHR CH PE CoE SEE EE EE ESE EH SSH EE EET TERE ea te ea aa aa 6 0 
Cle) BAUS) SIMS) so Abe SHAUN yeh See MABE MR eC A eI aN ren aRD EA a RAL 6 0 
Sha Slave wwii US URCAK CRON COD EL ele he cilU, sso wuuueay eee ho aman acne na dni ls ake i.) 
oink: Otoeill, (Orainar orerallenaych (renin ih ALN NER SE Ms Nc ayRu I Ae HOA A Pataca Uti 0) 
10. Clay, a RAN eL Wry Lat ee Me MEa esa eatandcen sana’ uG 
Coal: ty Ao GOCE SCRE SEER ERC EE EST EEC oboe SEE ERS REE CREE 0 8 
(See Map X1., No. 33.) 
