GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 111 
On the south side of the creek, near Elkton, on the Barnes farm, a 
seam of coal has been opened about one hundred and fifty feet above the 
creek. It is three feet nine inches thick, contains much sulphur, and is 
apparently Coal No. 6. | 
The Valley of West Fork.—In the valley of the West Fork, from Garver 
Post-Office to West Point, and thence to Williamsport, the section of the 
rocks is essentially the same, as the course of the stream is nearly at 
right angles to the dip. Coals No. 6 and No. 7 are exposed in the valley 
and in the area between New Lisbon, Garver, West Point, and Williams- 
port, at a large number of localities. In this valley they seem to be of 
greater average excellence than along Middle Fork. In passing from 
Garver Post-Office to West Point, no coal outcrops are seen until the 
house of Mr. J. Robinson is reached. Here a coal seam is opened on the 
south bank of the creek, seventy-five feet above it. It is apparently Coal 
No. 7, is three feet eight inches thick, and of excellent quality. A thin 
parting is seen in it about four inches from the bottom. Beneath it is a 
fire-clay, and some six feet below this a limestone. At Mr. H. Mason’s, 
three-quarters of a mile below Mr. Robinson’s, is an old coal opening 
some fifty to sixty feet above the creek, and about fifty feet below it Coal 
No. 6 is opened. It is fifty-six inches in thickness, of good quality, re- 
sembling the Big Vein at Salineville, but better. 
About one mile below Mason’s, on the same side of the stream, is an 
old coal opening, apparently in Coal No.7. It lies some seventy-five feet: 
above the creek. Half a mile lower down, Mr. James McLane has a coal 
opening at about the same altitude. The coal is here good, but only 
thirty inches in thickness. 
A little below, on the same side, and near the creek, are several old 
openings and one new one. The coal is here fifty-one inches thick, of 
excellent quality. It lies forty feet above the stream, and is, without 
doubt, No. 6. Two limestones are seen here—one some thirty feet above 
the coal, the other almost immediately below it. 
Along the road for half a mile, to West Point bridge, Coal No. 6 is freely 
opened, from forty-two to forty-four inches in thicknes, of excellent qual- 
ity, and containing little sulphur. The fire-clay below it is eighteen 
inches thick, resting immediately upon two feet of limestone. 
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