JEFFERSON COUNTY. 747 
The section of the strata below the surface at Sloan’s Station has been 
revealed by a boring and shaft made for Messrs. Carlisle & Co., to reach 
a thick seam of coal reported by several drillers to be something like a 
hundred feet below the river. This was found to be mostly a mass of 
shale, and of no economic value. 
The section of the shaft and boring is, according to Mr. W. W. Rogers, 
.as follows: 
FT. IN 
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MPL ITO-“CLAV relays care cei ce Gicaie cree etava cine ac ie ate citar toe oraetotar ey siatelsotnaceece 3 
SMP MONS ALO amare eietinisles afte rom erence oe cle rstele elstocie atta’ ciheicivins sieve oo 2a ah 
4. Coal No. 3...... et a EE ere fee ere eterabe tisha tania clot otelchtear stole yulotefntefercie’ 3 4 
5. Wire-clay ..---- ob 5060/0500 bO0Sb0 BAUS DACH Sd SHS BAB God SESaS MS BSA 9 ne 
OMMEaromblUewsandstOneraccat ccc coc cis ces alelesieciels cvaicle She deele bios 9 6 
Fo Moai sooacc UeSiseh SeS is apa Ne Mae eo ane lb Birnie 
SM OA ASLON Ome Cryo ceeke nacre cieut cies eeiee) Scie sale a letininc ate mania cee see 5 6 
9. Blue shale..... AOdO0 0090 050000 9008 0500 9000005000 99d a09 2099 o000¢6 23 
OMe Shalopeee semanas ce sce cece cee ue ce comers sone ee eee some joa ol 3 
lie Blacktshaleteansecss cscees sciete ce oe ocliameciacsc tes cool ee oeclese 3 é 
12. Sand-rock to bottom. 
A somewhat different section of the strata at Sloan’s Station was fur- 
nished, I think, by Mr. Carlisle, from borings made previous to the sink- 
ing of the shaft. It was copied on chart 3, published with Vol. I of this 
report, and was as follows: 
FT. IN. 
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Py) (COG ISOo G4 BA66 8006 GAG 0500 C5E0 BO COGS BOB GOD GD CISSOO OBER Minne aEee 2 6 
3h) LM IRERQIERS S45 SS AEC ED COCS BES ee EEO Tera ICE I eIEE teen ea: wae ea 4 me 
4), IDES SINUS Sob CSO B GOOG OS DOEMEE COORD ORE ESE COSTE Sue eB OE eer 22 Se 
DC OCUMN On Seietate as siete niciinl Sale ey nists Sonya aio ous ee bec s caters tem ae 3 9 
Ores e-ClaYarr ee acee es ce cace esi cee te cae e weais Scugee thse ee wowace does 9 oe 
SANA StON een ees ee eae mcinkc nos se Se alee h ladda ber ece ume sce 22 Me 
Suwshalyasan dstonewioocmoe <eoetes oe oY UE ct Sc CM eter oats 20 ae 
Jia SOlh, STeenishy Claynmcse. «jee toc eine ss be 9 2000 nQND Ono bIAboGCNS 7 ait 
On lac ryGsaNnGstOnOmenariiacs cree lies sees cle so ceiee oes eakie eas ocle Pal Be 
blue ankush al eps pemerete seers ii Solsmainisoratele eapnoe ne cisayaenoice uel 46 
12. Black shale—with gas .......-- BubgGobab bo Sho0 Boo HESS eseR ene 6 to 7 ue 
TS eeAVeLye Nard isandsvonesri. wesc ene atk alae cee ae ato MERI? INS 37 Bs 
Coal No. 3, at Sloan’s Station, as shown by these analyses given at the 
end of this chapter, is of unusually good quality. - The fire-clay below it 
is worked by Messrs. Connelly, Hood & Co., successors to Messrs. McF'ad- 
den & Carlisle, for the manufacture of drain-pipe, etc. It is reached by 
a slope at a perpendicular depth of about 60 feet. The upper coals at 
Sloan’s Station have not been thoroughly developed; that called Coal 
No. 5, in the section above, is known in many places as the ‘“ Lime- 
