656 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
and in the adjacent territory. This field will, also, afford a market for 
ores from the north and west, beyond the limits of the iron-making coal, 
if the supply in the hills holding the coal should ever fail. 
The following is a section of the ores and including strata, as exposed 
on Kitchen Run, Green township: 
Great Vein Coal in top of hills, with nodules of ore below. ...-. 10 feet. 
Shalesisec Qn Te ce se eee a ilies crces sie sete ere Sayed ler irae SH OC 
(OOM ING, DoGaScn codede o66905 Gse6 ‘Ssodaos Bee oan 6 BASSAS 6 to 18 inches. 
IO EN ance pado Gos COG006 cddG Ono .6G5650 0600s OhSa HO60S000 9 feet. 
Baird ore, with patches of limestone below......-.-....----.- nh 
“upandstone and ‘shale csi. oer eye kie ace relolyayain cen oleate loi eret eters AX) 6 
Coal, with limestone locallysaboven. se oasis soo = oe eee 18 inches. 
aes Gabo bor Boo onoE soorce codcae sbG0de a6b0 sco GSO Gno5a6 [Rohih OS 
Coal lowersbenchyscsa cee alge ie eee nto cms tector sere eee certerete aro Ome 
Shales toes = ewes ee cles cione er sretetavapeteintetay crores feieccere beter set aren ate papoke 15 feet. 
Block Ores 22.025 in eidialays 2 siniee wicle staimraregeie tein we versio ates isl ramen 4 to 10 inches. 
SEES SSH SosS dedbaad abd6 bSoolbGog 4006 6605 6606 dco Oboe beegse 12 feet. 
JIKTO CRC BAN EGRESS ShoGbo CDNB OSOOUO, IGOONOS cobS s Gbdolube 10 to 16 inches. 
Shial ea wees ecetatere steiner aioe eee ete sreeteraraetetaer Woes oer 3 feet. 
BLOCH O RG ieee ey MANU one Se Dee irniive els sya ane Maye een eau eve eee A to 6 inches. 
The character cf the ores and their association with abundance of 
limestone, and with one of the best iron-making coals of the State, early 
suggested this as an inviting field for future iron manufacture. But 
when financial difficulties and the low price of iron had closed a majority 
of the smelting furnaces in the country, it was generally supposed that 
the development of this industry here must be deferred indefinitely, or 
until iron should command a much higher price. | 
In 1874, Mr. Samuel Thomas, President of the Columbus Rolling Mill 
and Smelting Furnace Company, estimated the cost of a ton of iron in 
the Sunday Creek region, where the conditions are similar to these, as 
follows : 
Eighty bushels coal, at $1.15 per ton.............. Aes etka a elo alee $3 68 
Two and three-fourths tons ore, at $2.50.----.--.-----.--. -s2--02- wore 6 974 
Threesfourths ton: limestone. 2.2) se 8 Sa see, Se eres ne ance 56} 
Labor-andiincid ental... oe he cars ee coe ae ae Sila a repent aera np 4 00 
oh G3) pa een gs A Pe PR SE Ta EI Seles ons Gao ooo $15 218 
Others made similar estimates, and all who explored the region, con- 
curred in the opinion that iron could here be manufactured at a mini- 
mum cost. 
