MONROE COUNTY. 571 
ing of wide range that may serve as a datum line by which the geologist 
may be guided. The dip of the strata, moreover, is not uniform, and, 
consequently, is not a reliable guide until it is determined for a given 
area; and identification of the same seam of coal or other stratum at 
two or more different points is a prerequisite to this determination of 
dip. Hence in a large part of Monroe county the chief geological factors 
are unknown terms. The supposition that the Evans coal, near Woods- 
field, is the diminished equivalent of the Cumberland, or upper Barnes- 
ville seam, appears the more probable one, and I have so given it on the 
map of grouped sections. The other seams of coal are all, I think, ac- 
-curately brought into their proper relation to this, as shown on the map. 
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP. 
This township hes on the western part of the county, and borders 
Stock township, in Noble county. The land in the northern part of the 
township is high, and divides the waters of Clear Creek—a branch of the 
Little Muskingum River—from those of Wills Creek, which flow north- 
ward. | 
There is considerable limestone to be seen, and the soil is generally 
productive. 
The Cumberland seam of coal, which extends so generally through 
Noble county, and which is found in the hills at Carlisle, is found in 
the neighborhood of Stafford. The larger developments seen were on 
Road Fork, and they may be located just over the line, in Elk township. 
Here the coal is four feet six inches thick. 
The following section was taken on the land of Mr. Ed. Okey, in sec- 
tion 8: 
Ft. In 
1. Blossom of coal. 
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SPS UTMMACESTAM MINNIE SLOMEu ries dena osedalesseececlescacslcsstos wes ees ecescasocseeess 10 0 
ANANSI Gl sce eledseae eect onset “ooh SER Goos Tee es ae MP SO EO AMEN AU RECTUM BG 
ISNA. Ol eaency Mean an Malu M eu aL UTM leet a ued: Goole tleceelsbes yee emcedes 3 8 
Crm WUACET Clr yan mee oecuMt nse te Ne hMiCecucicc lle, Veobls Seaeceedelsuecteetetesad B 
Zot” SEUNG WOES Brine | SOT SIS AAR ue ena MS RATA ed NO eG 10 0 
Saal ARGMIMMES TOME Mt eneN ie oet ees so Mig uh L ame de seis ilecucaaiseasun ycndee anaebh aval 3 0) 
This section is by oversight placed on the Noble County Map of 
Grouped Sections XII., No. 33. 
The creek at Okey’s Mill, on Clear Fork, is reported to be forty-five 
feet higher than Road Fork at the woolen mill, but the coal at both 
places is covered by the same buff limestone. Further down Road Fork 
the limestone is replaced by sandstone. There are changes in thickness 
of the coal and in the lithological character of the associated strata, and 
