662 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
ship, the coal is thirty-seven feet below the surface and one foot thick : 
a little north of the center of Section 29, Monroe township, it is forty-one 
feet below the surface, three and-one-half feet thick, and covered with 
fifteen feet of sand rock; north-west of the center of Section 28 it is sev- 
enty-four feet from the surface and three feet thick; south-east of center 
of same section it is seventy-five feet from the surface and four inches 
thick; near the south-west corner of Section 33 it is fifty-one feet below 
the surface, six feet six inches thick, and covered with thirty-three feet 
of sand rock; south-east of the center of the same section it is seventy- 
one feet below the surface and three feet thick; north-west of the center 
of Section 26 it is seventy-four feet six inches from the surface and nine 
and one-half feet thick ; in the north-west corner of Section 23 itis fifty 
feet from the surface and eleven feet thick; in the southern part of Sec- 
tion 24 it is ninety-one feet ten inches from the surface and one foot thick; 
in the north-west corner of Section 36 the Norris coal is forty-one and one- 
half feet from the surface and four and one-half feet thick. The section 
below the Norris coal is as follows: 
FT. 
BUT O=C1 Yai hiner coy cee seme ome tara tepals cictataiatenaia eel ciara tates orale tareraras ta loiaetage mreryaetet eats 4 
Blue wshale .csous oe oe wes Sees ce oak cn cnleas Halse ice em ene Ree eam meee 63 
Whitedimestone sooo oes es errr eS Seen e aac ee ce cae age ere erie ea eae 9 
Blackishalet iw. £00 BS Ee Was SE Se SET SONA Oe Sys SR RE foie neni mang 4 
Shaler ssc iaeee f Boece soe le oie oes Sean ae ay OURAN ci ad ean onamene en comeey 28 
Total se sc ee eee Os ce Gea Se So SR oe hen ters eee ete 108 
Total from: surfaces: Gos ices oo. eS eee SS eae a rn pe 154 
Near the center of the northwest section of Homer township, Morgan 
county, and directly east of the center of Section 6, Trimble township, a 
deep boring gives the following section with no show of coal: 
Bre IN 
Bath BIS. VS eS PT PAT PERN RN NE a x RAE a NER AVC tu 9 
Softsblue shale; arpiliaccous) .2 2222 2322 joo see o ce oe Seed cites 20 & 
Blue shale, hardy 225 ss sss So Pee se ee ee as fo eerie eae ec ie eyo 9 4 
Sahnderock ost sess Secs see See Sa eae ne Cea areata 53 
Un ea ee a Sec IG Shi a ee Ta ye ST Os en RN as RNC ere 2 
Sanqdurockee cae coe Ve Se Me Oe AOE ag i NT ENV ateS cet ee ama Oana a 4 ae 
Darkishale eo Les eo TUE Se Ce Ee Eee Be Pe See ee 17 
Jronres F458 ie aetna aig to Ss See @ FF Se fee 2 - 
Sandy shale with nodules of iron ore .......--..----.--------------- 17 Ee 
Dark shale see ouiy sow eea re aiwe ota cto eetete Ole blero miele area ae aE ee er 2 ue 
Samenyithyhaxdinodulests2emecee mesa ase seas SE SINa UPN ETA 5 Aly Sous 
EWihite WIMEStONO Ls cane Saeki se cole c wae Craters aie ee ee ee ere eer rea ct 16 =a 
of 0) FF ep OR eR RIN Pap SL US a Gee al ts 155 4 
The extreme eastern borings, disclosing heavy beds of limestone and 
no coal, suggest the probability of deep local open water at the east dur- 
