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bed of Bull Creek. If this conjecture is correct, it shows that under some 
portion of this section of the country the Briar Hill coal may hereafter 
be opened by shafting. In this boring, at the depth of seventy-six feet 
from the surface, a coal seam one foot in thickness was passed through, 
“which apparently represents Coal No. 2. 
LINE OF THE PITTSBURGH, FT. WAYNE, AND CHICAGO RAILROAD. 
At Palestine, and in various other localities along the Pittsburgh and 
Ft. Wayne Railroad, east and west of the State line, Coals Nos. 6 and 7 
are opened, and have been worked for the supply of the railroad company 
and for transportation elsewhere. 
Among the best known of the mines in this series are what are known 
as the ‘‘Carbon Hill Mines,” near Palestine. These are opened on Coal 
No. 6, which is here about four feet in thickness. As through most of 
the county, and in western Pennsylvania, this coal seam (the Upper 
Freeport) is separated, by the fire-clay only, from the “ White” or “ Free- 
port limestone,” about fifty feet above No. 6, the interval being filled by 
shale and sandstone. Coal No. 7 is found three feet in thickness, and of 
very good quality. It has been worked now for some time at Palestine, 
in the mine of Messrs. Lawtons & Bye, formerly Burnett & Joy. Above 
it the hill-tops are composed, mainly, of gray shale, with some layers of 
red shale, which mark this as a portion of the Barren Measures. 
The following is a section of the coal strata in the vicinity of Palestine: 
ED eae UING 
fee Cory manure dus Wales sect mers wersne Sea e Trey Le i Se aI ek A A Se 70 0 
Da, ODM cs SS cy ae a a gt LA i ee 8a aie ge Hears nee ee ERS en 3 0 
3h | JUIMEHEIENy, oo do coo dcic a bomooa Joan co eee Hed coGe Dobe oed Hosa ccen cobere OO 
Aly SIM coals SUS aS Oe aT S CAE ERE TESTES et On most eek Otome a 15 0 
OSES LICL SUOT Cyse revere sermon cue cinerea ot iae ul a 00 yt ys Rou pene Ooh Cee 12 0 
CB aN OE KEE co AG Oy ci aoe eae A a I UE Ne Sa US 6 0 
eam OS) GINO sO) emtraneinenste ey we anim nnn in oe hark sc NR ecm ede My 4 6 
Sweebine-claves nine CerOny Use) tacts see ween nun See ee See as, sail --- 6to8 0 
Bee ic EATTDYESSN ONIN S) ri caches ies a NIG ARS SAI oa REN ge oe a a Nr 2 to 4 0 
(10. Shale and sandstone, containing thin seam of coal...........-..-- 27 0 
San ale aerated ees ieee SIGs SESE esa yas ene pe hs SS Mea a tes pa ean 1 0 
IS I TE See Pa aS eas A a ae ae nH Oe eH ee eee 3 G 
TSAI UMeS LOMO ewe scene eeale a her rape Meve chan sits SU EU RE Uae RE OL Bia id 4 0 
Are Shia leg sce reny te ape mee CN nmr ar yet L ML Saye YH NC Sil i 70 to 80 0 
Lovers ven hinves CO Me aene Istertary teasers (akc rap ok oer eke cay me CSR LR Cis ie 1 to 2 0 
Gh Chey SORE, Walia WOON Loa oo Ge obeoos coud bode soob FO UEEo mE boemBES 30 0 
ie blacksshale;withsthinyseam: ote coals eee eae mee eae ees cr A 0 
Wet IETOREE CO E AY 3 7 S E ies Orn nAs S a AE EO RUA NI a gan) BER EDINA ROMS 9 0 
19. Gray and blue shales, with much iron ore, to Leslie’s Run ....-:... 15 0 
In the north-eastern part of Columbiana county, in the townships of 
Salem, Fairfield, and Unity, the hills often contain Coal No. 6 near their 
