208 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
ferous shale, in alternate layers, very thin, with a total thickness of seven 
or eight feet. On,the other side of the hill the coal has entirely disap- 
peared, and the iron is found in a compact layer of nodular ore one foot 
thick. In Nottingham it has been opened on Mr. J. Ramsay’s property, 
four miles east from Deersville, on the road to Cadiz, where it exhibits 
the following section : 
FIs) GIN: 
Ofit PRRenee sce ooHo Ss see.csen do Baodd0 cae mseonmmaE pono ea Se bsdo case case i 8 
QIAN S346 cde6o000 500008 9600 55606000 000500 oGo5 Noun S50 DOBS00 SonSUD SKC 1 0 
OCT AGAR Ser Seae Cre seetaa Poe A Ea Mt ey Aer ei eEO Ae cE oS Soonsa ae 1 8 
Shale: sash dcje ap eee ee ced ae ela tae 6 0 
MWA bIIYiK0) vee eee Sano One aot Hamer sere AoE rE oea Hop SoU Sbas Gane adodao 4t. 
The clay parting thins out as the bed is followed into the hill, but the 
coal does not increase in thickness. The material yielded at this open- 
ing is exceedingly hard, breaks with a conchoidal fracture, and is of a 
dull black appearance. Though it burns readily, it can hardly be called 
coal, but is rather a very compact bituminous shale, which resists the 
action of the weather. It is probably altogether worthless, and at all 
events can not be profitably worked, for Coal No. 8 is found in the same 
hill one hundred and forty feet above it. This coal was not observed in 
German or Rumley townships. 
The strata between this horizon and Coal No. 8are subject to great varia- 
tion. The following section was obtained on the road from Cadiz to Adena : 
KEIN: 
de Coal NO: 82.25.08 2 cals sess eh ap eine eee seein eer esos eee mie eeicevacer 8 0 
D. SMG ROMS, WANA AIH IGNESONG 5 6655 soe dos sseobe socsao sebece sacede 40 0 
S Wukel Ibis KO) 0(sea ar nee eS Sooners a Oooo nO menmson doa eo saeco uddobaboad 45 0 
AU San dstoneian@ Sialesat = sss crm oes eos ener eee ne orem amen per ere tei erent: asi 55 0 
cag Gray: W ares eee sas yy eR ee ees Be Het cuter Ner rr ON eee 1 0 
Gee Sati STO eC see e.c ere ah SAS Sie a ee ee regia Te Teeter Nore apes cree 8 0 
Pi Crinoidal Hmeston Gj! Saree eee resins coer ae eee eee eee LO 0 
Another section was obtained on the road from Georgetown to New 
Athens, as follows: 
FT IN. 
UG ODI BNOM Sis repels cetera erator errs eee Nein HA aac a oO HESS —_ — 
9  SGIMOStTOMGGactise sce ais ae Si oe ra ciciseucle eine ein sim einielis sie teie mace ere eee 3 0 
3. Sain (St@me sc /cn ssa tisregs 5 o.cie peers ors Sette te ere oars ett tate Ranrerensreraroe 20 0 
Ads tT CSTOME Ae Sases Se Seale SPN en US dis pte eave erate ete 1 DO felt ERG Re ea 6 0 
By Samastomes spb lo Geeta ts) cert ik a Erte Me fee ee at ee teat atearee 90 0 
The section at the tunnel, near Cadiz Junction, on the Pittsburgh, Cin- 
cinnati and St. Louis Railway, is as follows: 
EE) SUN: 
Pe COAL NOG ck siecc eS oe es te re ete eee eee aerate re epeP dete ts —_- — 
De SAT SLOMO 2 sais! cers e eee e sai erate ne Ver ete oraye aCe ie Tee pave ratente ete Ropenetotet 14 0 
STE TIN SSLO ME! eee weld rat re ete RE? RUE SRR RAO MER AN oo Rar etal aah eater 4 0 
AM San dstonesvalndushall ease cere ye tere repetete ee tate ee reletlote ete teta cleketoneteterapetetets 115 0 
