554 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
track. It is probably the equivalent of the first seam below the tunnel 
seam at Barnesville. 
In the cut a half mile west of Belmont Station a streak of black, bitu- 
minous matter was seen, with yellow shales above and below. It is four- 
teen feet above the level of the railroad track. This faint representative 
of coal was supposed to be the equivalent of the highest seam at Barnes- 
ville—that is, the one about forty feet above the tunnel seam. At Bel- 
mont Station cut, the eastern descent of the road being greater than the 
dip of the strata, this black, bituminous stratum is over thirty feet above 
the track. About ten feet below the track, at the east end of the cut, is 
a seam of coal. This seam was believed to be the Barnesville tunnel 
seam. This belief is strengthened by finding in the valley farther east, 
at the proper distance below, viz., about thirty feet, a seam of coal corre- 
sponding to the one at Barnesville first below the tunnel seam. 
A section one half mile east of Belmont Station is as follows: 
1. Coal (the Belmont or Barnesville tunnel seam). ee 
2. Interval down to railroad track, composed of sandstones and shales 18 0 
arom railroads tracketommexticoallbeesesneeeeniereaeaiecen ceed eaaeeteeet ee ecees 1270 
4. Coal (not measured). 
52 Nobex posed’ in rd etary ee eee tn See a apg eo 2h 0 
G2 VIET STON SMe cetieckslediscenss cclabies sue eeuie datiaearc ces uate Mile ae ala Meee aaa act Ig 3 tod 0 
If we have brought the identifications along accurately from Barnes- 
ville to Belmont, we are prepared to trace the group eastward. It should 
be remarked, before leaving Goshen township, that the coal seams are 
generally thin, and the coal is worked only to a very limited extent. In 
the vicinity of the railroad stations, coal is generally procured from the 
cars, brought from the mines towards Bellair. In section 14, in this town- 
ship, Mr. Gilbert obtained the following geological section: 
Ft. In. 
1. Blossom of coal. 
2°) interval MObCxpOSed hors tics ccccaseicecsscwcsereste secs eecery sec meee ee ae eac cones 100 0 
3. Blossom of coal. 
Ain, Mnterval MOLEX POSE Wie esseseeucaescseehecarecuaseateasesaacmereeeaeseercenames 36 0 
GYAN St zn oL0 Ks] R6) dhs MERA AA NAH tol RAN UAT sta HAA Lc i st Aa Aa 2 0 
Ge Sra eater ge de sas se HG MUR SE SOR ARS CII AN | Usa MA SE RL Di 2 0 
Masks SOBA veces 2 sees te Seat eee Cer Mer EIU Seale Maui Ra NUR tea lett aise aaa Nee 2 6 
8. Clay and ferruginous shale..... ...... EERO ROARED den BEER CHEMO AAG Aber 6 0 
ON Shnaly:/iMeStON! sora cetinees woe meneeme encore ciioosoeceascu ena scienmeccnemceesaataes anG 
If we may consider the lowest coal in this section as the equivalent of 
the lower seam at Lewis’s Mill, 7. ¢., the coal first below the Barnesville 
tunnel seam, the next coal above, of which only the blossom was seen, 
will be in the horizon of the tunnel seam, and the blossom, one hundred 
