7152 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
In the lower part of the above section we have a repetition of the sec- 
tion at Sloan’s Station with some important differences. The upper 
workable coal seam (No. 7) is easily identified as also are the two small 
coals above it. The coal 88 feet below the Fleming seam is apparently 
the same with that 80 feet below it at Sloan’s Station, but between the 
two, 21 feet above the lower seam, a thin coal has come in with limestone 
below it. This is perhaps the beginning of the reappearance of Coal No. 
6, which has been wanting in the sections above. 
West of Brown’s Station a somewhat remarkable development of can- 
nel coal is found in the upper part of the Barren Measures below the 
Pittsburgh Coal. In Taylor’s Hill, half a mile south of Brown’s, two 
seams of cannel are opened and mined for domestic use; they are about 
90 feet apart, and are respectively 385 and 295 feet above the railroad. 
The lower seam at Taylor’s mine is 3 to 84 feet thick; at Dobb’s, 3 feet 
10 inches. The upper seam is 3 feet 4 inches and has supplied some 
fuel for household use. 
Three or four miles west of Taylor’s, on Ford’s and Hunt’s farms, a 
much thicker seam of cannel coal is found, which, perhaps, corresponds 
to the upper one in Taylor’s Hill. On Ford’s farm it is reported to be 
5 feet 8 inches in thickness, and another seam of cannel is reported — 
some 75 feet below. On the farm of Mr. Hunt the following interesting 
section is shown: 
FT. IN 
1. Coal No. 8 with limestone above and below, struck in well....... 4 ue 
2. Sandstone and shale partly concealed...-.....--..-.--....-.---- 49 uy 
Sh Canneli Coalincn\actecwincteistcnioselesoree aleeiniete aeemiate selects secieeere ree 9 3 
Al Sandstone wats Secisetroracieereeisraeners ier ORT here ising 17 : 
5 Sandy shale withyseams\ or (coaliaetacjacamoctecsiclsaiselnicisisiniteeie eee 3 Lee 
B; Gi bsa66 650600 000500 0006 0005 050560 600666 0500950000 9505000400000 = 
Zo JOR NY ENG) CONE Ctl 56 5656 069600 506000 6505 Gna dad056 C40000 10 oe 
8. Limestone..---. ---- ------ so 0 = ee eee cee eee eee eee won e one 2 ue 
Yh SINGING) 56650 pfb000 050500 058850 50009 Gad0 O55 5000 b6 bada5 o600 23 be 
Os OWUG DIM Osod6 co00 6006 6660 6005 066060 960600 6500 0560 COND 9300 0000 45 a 
All the cannel from these beds contains much earthy matter, and yet 
serves an excellent purpose for local fuel, and it is possible that in some 
localities a sufficiently pure coal can be found to be worth exportation. 
(See analysis at end of chapter.) 
We have in this local devélopment of beds of cannel a good illustra- 
tion of the mode of formation of this variety of coal. They are with- 
out the under clays which are always associated with strata of cubical 
coal, and the carbonaceous matter which chiefly composes them has 
_ evidently been transported from its place of origin and deposited in 
some lagoon, or lake of quiet water, just as we see inky looking streams 
