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At this locality the shales and sandstones in No. 4 are very irregularly 
stratified, and the clayey portions contain great numbers of Neuwropteris 
hirsuta, Newropteris flexuosa, and Asterophyllites, sp., together with many 
stems of indeterminate character. 
Upper Coal Group.—The northern and western limit of this group is 
very irregular, owing to extensive erosion. From the county line on the 
east it runs south of the railroad to about Cadiz Junction, where it turns 
abruptly north, and passes about half a mile east of Jefferson, in German 
township. Turning north-westward, it continues to the line of Carroll 
county, where it bends to the south-west into Rumley township, and 
crosses the road from Jefferson to Rumley about two and one-half miles 
east of the latter place. There it turns south-east, and crosses the rail- 
road about two miles east of Fairview. After crossing the railroad it 
follows the northern line of Archer township almost to Hanover, where 
it turns abruptly south-east to almost the central line of the township, 
being cut out by the Clear Fork of Stillwater. It then turns sharply 
westward to near the western limit of Archer, where it is again deflected 
south-eastward by the valley of Stone Fork. This course continues to 
the line of Cadiz township, where it changes westward, and follows the 
ridge road to Deersville to within a mile of that village. There it re- 
sumes the south-easterly direction, passing through Nottingham town- 
ship, and barely crosses into Cadiz township, where it again turns west- 
ward, and runs irregularly west south-west to section 26 of Nottingham, 
where it crosses into section 25 of Moorefield township. Here it runs 
south for a mile, and then turns south-eastward, and, passing through 
section 10, crosses the county line into Belmont county. It embraces in 
this county five coal beds, two of which are of workable thickness. Unlike 
those of the Barren Group, its strata show few important variations, and 
these are regular. 
Coal No. 8 is fully developed and readily accessible in Moorefield, Archer, 
Cadiz, Athens, Short Creek, Green, and parts of German and Nottingham 
townships. With few exceptions, it is a double bed, consisting of roof- 
coal, fire-clay, and the main coal. At varying distances it contains thin 
partings of mineral charcoal, mixed with clay, not readily traceable in 
the solid coal, but very distinct at the outcrop. Within twelve or fifteen 
inches from the top a streak of pyrites, varying from one-eighth to three- 
fourths of an inch thick, is found in the main coal. Just below the cen- 
ter isa compact clay parting, seldom more than an inch thick, and three 
to eight inches below is another precisely similar. A second streak of 
pyrites, thinner than the one near the top, is not unfrequently found ten 
or twelve inches from the bottom. The coal is softer just above the upper. 
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