168 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
a 
one only being of workable thickness. This is worked at Bahney’s 
mine, and thence through on the east side of the Tuscarawas Valley to 
the south line of the county, at the mines of Messrs. Heer, Gribel, Shafer, 
Shetler, and others, the coal varying in thickness from two to five feet. 
West of the Tuscarawas, in Sugar Creek township, all the highlands 
carry the limestone coals, and in some places the higher seams, Nos. 5 
and 6. At Jacob Shetler’s mine, two and a half miles west of Rochester, 
we have the following section: 
De SLO Me \(COVSLEG) ais icls te he.ceie an cry rere ah Re peter A ee ne 25 
2. AC OATSE: SANGO CK ciasoisioo) oe ha cok ere iroyayey me ysa oh oS ses ee Ny A FER 30 
de” Dark oray shale is fcc 222s see See eich a eer ae re neers ae ea sn nee eae 10 
AeA COA INOMO ESL ye ee ns eR Os LER ONS SSD SRY op pee LOGS BEE TON Pe ES 2 
Bs MBN TEAC say esi iy aso a Dee Ae eS CA Se ORES PSI ce oe ae 3 
Gi BeS Na Ot sto Bera ay Sey es i OS PIR a Ray a pan aE Svea 06 
Mise OB INO Okeyurag act ble! See oit SUE ce Ante SRE ates ae AV EA ies EN RCP arya 3 
See mM ime Clays cnes ele) chal So gs AV pape ee Rata cai ra oes conbel R aP ePIC es Date 4 
Oe Sih ales tet we ete) Aa Ree Lites an be MEDS OS 2 7 En CULMS aateaC arta Ry Sp RAI AES aN 25 
LOwaLimestone and Tron Oner oe seth ds stator skola se Ciel eRe pane ct PEO 3 
ARLENE @ Oa DANO SAS Le Ree UN REST NE PARE i Veena oe Oe earn ee ia Caan: Weak Dat 
12. Fire-clay ee REET SE EAA NTU ES EE aor. ete, Meester OOO 3 
1Skau Shale amd san dS tomes (ods hee hei Wa ae ee eee anc emp a 50 
14. Coal No. 3 (outcrop). 
At Jacob Ricksecker’s, half a mile south of Shetler’s, Coal No.5 is worked. 
It is three feet thick, rather soft, but looks well. The upper limestone 
and its coal are seen in the ravine near by. At Fisher’s bank, near 
Sugar Creek Station, Coal No. 3 has been quite extensively mined. Itis 
about three feet in thickness, very black and bright, rather open-burning 
in character, and contains but little sulphur; on the whole, a very excel- 
lent coal. Fifty feet above is the gray limestone, and on the charity- 
school lot adjoining, Coal No. 4 hes under it, about five feet in thickness, 
showing very well. On the farm of the Widow Wines, Coal No. 3 crops 
out at the house, No. 4 is visible in the ravine above, and No. 6 occurs 
about one hundred feet higher up the hill. 
The valley of Sugar Creek, near Sugar Creek Station, seems to promise 
well for the lower coal (No. 1). Its place would be reached by borings of 
from seventy-five to one hundred feet in the valley. No trial has been 
made to determine whether it is below, but the test would be so easy, and 
the reward of success so great, that the inducements to make the explora- 
tions seem ample. 
In the northern part of the county coal seams Nos. 3 and 4 are both 
exposed. Between Greensburg and Greentown they are seen in the same 
hill, each overlain by limestone, and, as usual, each limestone associated 
with more or less iron ore. On the east side of the valley Coal No. 4 has 
