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tions of the strata through all this region, that it is very difficult to 
make out the equivalents. 
At Alexander’s Mill, section 3, in this township, another section was 
taken, showing the coal and associated strata, as follows: 
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(Map XIII., No. 7.) 
Another seam of coal is reported as having been found eleven feet be- 
low the bed of the creek, or about thirty feet below the other seam, We 
had no opportunity to see it. The seam given in the section is opened 
and wrought in section 35, in the same township. It is also mined in. 
Center township. 
JACKSON TOWNSHIP. 
This township hes upon the Ohio River. The dividing ridge between 
the Ohio and Little Muskingum waters extends through the western and 
north-western portions of the township. There is a long stretch of rich 
alluvial land bordering the Ohio River. This must compensate for a 
comparative dearth of valuable minerals. The township is not, how- 
ever, destitute of coal, but the quality is not the best; and there is. also 
promise of iron ore. : 
On the land of Wm. Raper, section 34, the following section was taken : 
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