578 | GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
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LOW Shell ies Care Se RTE LI eh Ue a YE 8 Dea CeCe See AT STOO na 18 0 
WL TUM OSTON ES Hye e seer coalesce eae talon Geese eee eee een Een 1 0 
25) Shade cee aoe waseesesulosogece es eesee saree Nano en Prat a eth a EEL 8 G6 
Ti SAN GStOMe ee rtasccrcaley seacca cea eden sens CoC CERN NE Ua eetee aaa a Ck eRe EM 5 0 
14 (Shale and MOUMSCCM vec sesescccesce co sase eA eR ee eee eee hee eee Re REN 22 0 
LO. | SAMGSCOM Se eeecacaleccasecccivee Cole celep ee eee ee ee eRe ENCE EOC EIN ae 4 0 
16: Butt Mm EStome yee secon s Cat ee ed secuaeeeles sok cee ieee wee ete P ets nnn a AEE DE Ieee 1 O 
1 Weare) 0:0 (cYeatgs ees aan RRORMNR KIC tase C DAK MEE ib ol ig Hl Mind (0) 
Si limestoneblayers evwiiniteyam chu tieeswesceeeceesnsnosces seme en i eeanen ene IEG 
LOM) Hardiereenishy dime-orained samdstome eye ses wees ene a(R 
20) Hinterval to OW ON RIVer ccs. cseccstse dence cee cet cacee etek ene ee en 50 0 
(Map XIII., No. 23.) 
The last three items of the above section are not included in the map. 
The limestone in No. 18 of the section is sometimes burned into lime. 
The same seam of coal seen on Mr. Raper’s land is mined by Mr. George 
Shy, who lives also in section 34. The seam measures three feet, the 
upper part showing the usual slaty character. Iron ore is found thirty 
feet below the coal. It is not yet known to constitute a regular layer. 
Mr. Shy has dug a ton or more of it. A sample of the ore was analyzed 
by Prof. Wormley, and found to contain only 12.13 per cent. of metallic 
iron. 
CENTER TOWNSHIP. 
This township is central in the county, and in it is Woodsfield, the 
county seat. Sunfish Creek flows through it on the northern part, and 
branches of the Little Muskingum drain the southern portion. 
The seams of coal in this township are, so far as seen, thin, although 
they are mined for the home supply. Some very superior iron ore is 
found in the red clay shales west of Woodsfield. : 
The following geological section is a grouping of the more important 
strata seen in passing from Woodsfield north, down into the valley of 
Sunfish Creek: 
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ln, eRediclayshaleswithenodules Ol anom OLereanssseeeceseem ena tenesonneetes 9 0 
2. Red shale, with a little ore........... flash cadiac cass Seaton ee een aeeued se ctaadaeisteee 26 0 
Pyare Ey Goats nay ih wera eine nels n eM MU uC oAKAd inva cana calle (0) 
A “Redishale; withmodulesiotorelatybOulomileey.: saseves-ceroess coceueeeciceseeee een O 
Be INO EXPOSE sees ee F5) EM ESE RCM tam ann aaaernnat ante 51 0 
GB. / COAalereported: es ee a Ale nT aa aloes tee RHAAGAS 0 6 
TE NOCH RES Tee EES Re eee NO SNC MUTE EERSTE AP ane ahaa Re teat alae 23 0 
8. ‘Coal! (stripped west of: Woodstield)) tie... 0.2.) sccrocss. seovcarcelecevecwesionseuoite ib 
9. Chiefly shales, with some nodular ore (west of Woodsfield)........... 70 0 
Blossom of coal. 
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