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about one foot thick, so that the working was finally abandoned, after con- 
siderable expenditure of money. At no point in Harrison county does 
this bed seem to be available. 
The shales between this coal and the Crinoidal limestone are usually 
black, with some ore, but not enough, so far as observed, to be of value. 
The Crinoidal limestone is a well-marked stratum, and though of va- 
riable thickness is easily recognized by its fossils. It marks a well-defined 
horizon, being in this county never more than one hundred and sixty, 
and rarely less than one hundred and fifty feet below Coal No. 8, while it 
holds about the same distance from Coal No. 7 below. It varies in color 
from bluish-gray to dull brown, and weathers into rude nodules. It is 
exceedingly hard in some layers, while in others it contains much clayey 
matter. It is, in most localities, utterly useless, though occasionally it 
can be burned into a coarse, brown lime. One may trace it through Moore- 
field, Washington, Nottingham, Franklin, North, and Rumley townships, 
but the only locality where fossils can be obtained in good condition is at 
Deersville, near Mr. Cornelius Vickers’s house. The following species 
_have been obtained at that locality: 
PrOGUCLUS HEPA LLENAMUS seeyeee ers tre ctae te) otals ohne 'cicicls cls cieioawaietsie a stays N. 
ELOdUCGtUSINeEDEASCENSIS maar st asics ie Seem sine ioe ase tera toaiaist clone Owen. 
PROTMONUS Toman 2405 bous4sccdos osseous 6cooae coon ca ceuuou sane ' Sow. 
IPROCMCITS SOMIIREMOTIIENAMS soc oas so6654 C66 4G0 soo0G0 405 o606 Bienes Martin, Sp. 
Chometesy Ss mit liter eee ooo eee artists raiser cpa ces ele, aig N. and P. 
Chonebusromanmllde Layee ees ease ees A aloe eS Sr a La wy Owen. 
EVE MUPLOMIULGESLCLASSUSh ac aa sansa a ances oe hee A ork nme onion Sate 3 M. and H. 
hingnchonella@sagvensiswsweaseaseacen sae en sca ae ee nome nes Swallow. 
SPIMeSTRCAMOLATUS As sees ia ees AN es abt Oe Sk karastan sale tals Martin. 
SOMME HIENNOGOMNVEDUS Go5455 caag6o code doce oobC strate ue Shum. 
Sos eer Ces bu Sierra eterstanct et oe wns ae heheh ly Vaccines ce tee dw On aee ae fa ool Sow 
Sola orm aye mbUC em si Steenvee veto taysletereve telcos eh eictat aerate taf hetetertararatedas Shum., Sp. 
PROT VARI SES UND, UIt amuses men a Wheels SEU tees eh haat emanate tesa Ns ater aval sat Hall, Sp 
Bellerophon. Sp. undetermined. 
Pleurotomaria. Sp. undetermined. 
Retvalodu sid esunuchormasierse cert ie </yeeeyarcacc nsec cetsee ai Alecia tye.c N. and W. 
Wophophbydlumeprolucrumeaeeeeee seer eee ee eeeeee pein eee M’C., Sp. 
ZEACTUMUSHMU CLOS PINUS epee ees ene ete sears ec aree tat eS hoe M’C. 
In Moorefield and Nottingham townships a coal has been found about 
twelve feet above the Crinoidal limestone. In Moorefield it is found two 
feet thick, and yields a cannel of very fair quality. Upon it rests a mass 
of black slate containing much iron ore, and’ which, in part, may yet 
prove to be of some economical value. In Washington township this 
coal is found not far from the county line on the road from Tippecanoe 
to Brainerd’s Mills. There it is broken up into a mass of coal and ferif- 
