110 COLUMBIANA COUNTY. 
this vicinity, but attains a thickness of only about two feet. It can also 
be seen in Arter’s Hollow and many of the lateral tributaries to the val- 
ley. Two miles below New Lisbon it locally thickens to four, and even 
five, feet, where it is known as the Whan coal. It lies about fifty feet 
above Coal No. 3, and is here of excellent quality. Unfortunately the 
area over which it exhibits this unusual development is small, and the 
deposit has been nearly worked out by the New Lisbon Coal Company. 
On the opposite side of the valley, on the Kemble farm, Coal No. 5 is 
again seen, but thinner, and from this point to the Ohio it is found in all 
the hills, but rarely exceeds two feet in thickness. Above it the white 
limestone is conspicuously shown in all the sections at and below New 
Lisbon. Below this is a thin seam of coal, which is shown in the section 
exposed at Mathers & Zippernick’s quarry. This is s apparently local, ‘inn 
nowhere attains workable thickness. 
Above the limestone, and generally separated from it only by a fire- 
clay, is the Big Vein (Coal No. 6), which also stretches through to the 
Ohio, but is usually much thinner than in the northern part of the 
county. | 
On Mr. Petit’s farm, two and a half miles south-east of New Lisbon, 
Coal No. 7 is found on the top of the highest hills, and has here a general 
thickness of about three feet. From fifty-five to sixty-five feet below it 
is Coal No. 6, three feet nine inches thick, and looking well. 
The section of the strata on the hill opposite Mr. Kemble’s house is as 
follows: 
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Pi OlayanGd Shal ensues sieaacinelsstnasiaperae alas terereicie es auesintsioetsioieteeen sete 0 0 
3. Coal No. 6........ POAGOUHOHS SbbEdb SoOGHo Kono Db cUSODEGOCOEE ROSEdS 3 6 
On| KQERR o66d60 655595006055 D886 006500 Ubedh0 codend GabG50 CObSsO 8 HOS ChC 0 0 
Be yimestone.(Aweaite acco oe Se ree el Sve have yn cal ayer aia ea OuO 
6. Coal No. 5 (Whan seam), about one hundred feet above creek .-...- 3 6 
Co TOE Gb6sad asbbdodddecdoscud COS E0 Sd0 200050 0050 doo OOsO oobas06 0 O 
Sr Black shale wast heirs sibs mie iterelortol act siate tera talavels ie varer recy eiat ie tate eareerete 20 0 
O57 uimestonevandOreysemees secs os ale core ele ciara eee erecta ere tela ee eaten 0 0 
10. Shelly sandrock.........-......- Mave arbi MELO eh lila LORE TE NOs aha 0 0 
10." Coalt(thin)iniibed! oficreekses 20s anne aie seiee anes Pee On a0. 
Near Elkton some boring has been done for Coal No. 1, which was re- 
ported to have been found in the old salt wells, and was said to be from 
four to nine feet in thickness. The later explorations do not, however, 
fully confirm the traditions so long current with reference to the lower 
coal. In the borings made by Mr. H.C. Bowman, Coal No. 1 was reached 
one hundred and fifty feet below the bed of the creek. Its thickness was 
eighteen inches, and a thinner seam was found twenty-one feet above it. 
