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FT. IN. 
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I have indicated above the numbers which I suppose belong to the 
coals. The upper one is No. 6, here thinner and nearer No. 5 than usual. 
The exposures of the upper portion of the section are very imperfect, the 
underlying rocks being almost completely concealed between the station 
at Alliance and Mt. Union, a vertical interval of nearly one hundred and 
fifty feet. The top of the hill at Mt. Union undoubtedly reaches into the 
Barren Coal Measures, but Coal No. 7 is thin or wanting; and if No. 6 occur- 
red above the coal mined, it would be pretty sure to have been discovered 
in wells or through springs issuing from its outcrops. About Coals Nos. 
4 and 5 there can be no mistake. The lower two coals I have supposed 
to represent the lower two in the section at Zoar Station, Tuscarawas 
county, as in all this region we frequently find a coal interposed between 
the two limestone seams Nos. 8 and 4; but since it is a very unreliable 
seam, and has nothing like the continuity and value of the others, it has 
been designated as No. 3a. It is, or was formerly, well shown in the rail- 
road cut below Zoar Station, where it attains a thickness of three feet. 
The distance which separates these three coals is, however, so small that 
the middle one may only be an off-shoot from one of the others, and be 
quite local. As before remarked, these limestone coals are very variable, 
and are prone to divide and form double seams. The coal of the lower 
seam 1s said to be much the best. 
No limestone is found over the lower coal, but this does not preclude 
its being No. 3, as its limestone is frequently replaced by calcareous 
shale. The fire-clay under Coal No. 4 is here of excellent quality, and is 
largely used for terra cotta, pottery, etc., by the Alliance Fire-clay Com- 
pany. 
About Mineral Point, Tuscarawas county, Coal No. 5 is underlain by a 
peculiar quality of fire-clay. This is non-plastic, and upon exposure 
breaks into angular fragments, like flint. It has proved, however, to be 
