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washing, which will be more fully described in the report on Jefferson 
county. 
Col. Charles Whittlesey, the first geologist who observed the coals of 
the Yellow Creek Valley, holds the opinion that the three workable 
coal seams of Salineville dip beneath those of the lower part of the val- 
ley, and, therefore, are not to be identified with any of the series exposed 
at New Salisbury, or below; but it has been impossible for me to accept 
this view, for the following reasons: 
1st. The coal seams of Salineville are overlain directly by the strongly 
marked and highly colored strata of the Barren Coal Measures, including 
that constant and reliable guide, the Crinoidal limestone. These strata 
are continuous to the Ohio River, and the upper three coals of the lower 
valley hold essentially the same relation to them that they do at Saline- 
ville. . 
2d. The borings made at Salineville show that the Salineville coals 
are underlain, at about the proper distance, with two closely approxi- 
mating seams, that apparently represent the Strip and Creek Veins of 
the lower valley. 
ad. Deep borings, made at numerous points from above Salineville to 
the mouth of the creek, show that the Salineville seams do not underlie 
those of Irondale, Hammondsville, and Linton, and that no workable 
seam occurs below the five formed above and below drainage at Saline- 
ville, and fully exposed below New Salisbury. 
To facilitate comparisons between the sections taken at Salineville and 
lower down the creek, they are published side by side upon the following 
page. 
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