776 GEOLOGY OF OHIO 
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This section is interesting in that it is one of the few obtained in this 
county presenting all the peculiar features of this bed as observed in 
other counties. The little ‘““bearing-in bench,” No. 7, is not ordinarily 
distinguishable in Jefferson county, though very characteristic elsewhere. 
At this opening, the pyrites band is quite persistent at from two to eight. 
inches below the clay, and No. 10 is not infrequently composed of pyrites, 
in which case it is somewhat thicker than is given above. Nodules of 
pyrites are common in Nos. 3 and 11, and cannot always be separated 
easily. Horsebacks of fire-clay frequently come up from below, and some- 
times cut out No. 11 wholly. The main clay parting, No. 2, thickens at. 
the expense of No. 3, and sometimes contains streaks of coal. This bank 
is an important one, and is worked extensively to supply the neighbor- 
hood for several miles around. On McIntyre’s Creek, near the southern: 
line of the township, this coal is mined by Mr. Amos Hoagland, where 
the bed is— 
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The coal is of good quality, but the “brick coal” contains many len- 
ticular nodules of pyrites, some of them quite large. The pyrites band 
in the upper portion is not persistent, but a similar one, one-half inch 
thick, is constant at from eight to ten inches from the bottom. Along 
the line of the P. C. & St. L. Railway, this coal lies about three hundred 
feet above the track. The sharpness of the hills renders the work of 
constructing roads quite difficult, and no openings seem to have been 
made. . 
The limestone, thirty-five feet below the coal, is somewhat fossiliferous, 
and portions of it are crowded with minute univalves. It is sufficiently 
pure to be burned, and yields a good lime, even under careless treatment. 
The Crinoidal Limestone was seen only at one locality, and that almost 
directly on the eastern line. It is about two hundred and fifteen feet 
below Coal No.8,and is gray and compact. It is tooimpure to yield lime. 
At nearly three hundred feet below Coal No. 8, blossom of coal was seen 
at two localities. | 
Steubenville Township.—Here, as in Cross Creek, Coat No. 8 is found only 
in the highest hills. These are quite abrupt, and the coal is difficult of 
