214. GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
ship, near Hanover, but is there so near the surface as to be of compara- 
tively little value. 
In Nottingham township Coal No. 8 is worked by Mr. Albert Barrett 
in section 8, Mr. Hamilton in section 26, and by Messrs. Ramsay & Brown 
‘In section 6. At Mr. Ramsay’s opening the section is: 
FT. IN 
COD oe a cae puis See eS eps a eo, lees, Hla oe Nee eee ote tee ete il 
Pure-Clay a/c. 2 ioie ao ania 2 Sie ess os Se cess STaTee See Tee ee eect were aie WY) 1) 
Coals pss SNe Oa ed bee ATIC Eee sea ee Say Stes Rg APE ea ee eee 4A 0 
Epes Clays 5 eee sh ROTA AI DAN hh, 28 aa SEO SE ep A CLS eh ae ibs Ryans 3 0 
There are several openings in the immediate vicinity of this one, all 
of which give materially the same section. The coal is soft, and though 
liked by blacksmiths, is not much prized for domestic use. The inhab- 
itants of Deersville prefer the inferior coal from McMillen’s bank, as it is 
more durable and makes a stronger fire. The bed is worked quite largely 
in the south-western portion of the township, on the borders of Moorefield, 
and is carried six miles to Freeport. 
In Cadiz township the openings are very numerous along the Deers- 
ville and the Moravian roads, and several deserted banks may be seen on 
the Cambridge road. On the Deersville road the coal seems to thicken 
as it passes eastward. At Mr. Ramsay’s, in Nottingham, it is only four 
feet. Two or three miles beyond, at Mr. Alexander Henderson’s open- 
ing, it is four feet six inches, while at Mr. Wm. Hendy’s bank, little 
more than a mile west of Cadiz, the following section is seen: 
FT. IN. 
| ia Ofc y: | aoe eee Ese rc tanh rane erie Am capes Mami ce tee A A loa It a 
D HaArG= CLAW i.e sia teie Speke eee ae etre Oe OTE eis e neat Steer pe er cial eta atop yates L742 
Bis COA as sa ee Hn ee ot Een cee Oe rae ee Re era rete eaten eee aT H 6 
At Mr. Hendy’s bank the dip is reversed. From Deersville to this 
point the dip is uniformly south-east at the rate of twenty feet to the 
mile, but from this line to Cadiz it is north-west at not less than fifty per 
mile. At Cadiz the coal is fifty feet below the railroad dépot. Messrs. 
Beebe and Manly work the coal with a shaft just north of Cadiz. The 
foreman gives the following as the section in the shaft: Coal, two feet; . 
limestone, five feet ; fire-clay, two feet; coal, five feet. If this shatement 
be accurate, we have here an exceedingly circumscribed limestone, for it 
is not visible at any of the exposures in the immediate vicinity. The 
condition seems to be anomalous. . Specimens were taken from the banks 
of Mr. Hendy and Messrs. Beebe and Manly, which have been analyzed 
by Dr. Wormley, with the following results. Nos. 1, 2, and 3 are the top, 
