2 Ge . GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
7a, except, perhaps, in the north-western corner. The section, as obtained 
from Salesville to Washington, is.as follows: 
FT, IN 
Tere Shales. cain, ahcd'e arc the cae a cee re Ud Ae ee Ren gC 50 0 
er LAM OST ONE 2 i255 5 Oe SUA EDS Fey ice Sineie PUL a pee nON Rey Cima ATi Sv) ure as 2 0 
Sep ce MALES. os eis ei ome ree cia here eet er, eS Nt Sn nD ee CE 55 0 
Ace Crinoidal liMEstOme ya Fees ieee eee ae OU REE 4 0 
Bn DABS, 2 SSS SERS BS AeA PE San gap pes eR fi nS re 12 0 
Go WandstOneanckse Vee Sai Sk See ey te re 50 0 
de) SLATIMESTONS Lis Stee Pee eRe RSENS ee ree ea 2 0 
By (Shales: (Seen) :/s22 "see ice eye oie ok harem rena ct ante ee atte tame Deer 10 0 
South-east of a line running north-east and south-west through Wash- 
ington No. 7) is not seen, but north-west of such a line it sometimes ap- 
pears. Mr. Alexander Bartoa works it a short distance north of the vil- 
lage. The coal is two feet four inches thick, and is of very fair quality. 
Oxford Township.—Just east from Middletown Coal No. 8 is worked by 
Mr. Thomas Ford in section 31. There the following section was ob- 
tained : 
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We, N@Oal: Sos SeT soos Se eS Se Ne aE So aed oe ee aa Pe ae 1 0 
Pama OK) (oe eae ee a te ee EM RiGee cee oe ee a ee 1 0 
Se irl OXF 1] Case earthen a See SOI en MANE Pee Ss, od he Sesh Sn ie ah Al 2 
4. HU TOCl ary woh c8 es eee eA ae UE Eee ee Ee AA ee pain ost iy bin Spal hans I 6 
DoW ANd stones naushalesimose esse: Mececise ae eeacisee sere eee reise 147 0 
62s Crinordal* limestonesc Seen Sox Soest < cee Oe Soe Eee ee eee 3 0 
(oaohalesrandusandstonemocreekesereereece eerie eee eee eee AO 0 
The coal is of good quality, but of rather less specific gravity than 
that from other banks in the neighborhood. Mr. Boyd Forbes’s bank in 
section 25 has the same characteristics. The strata above the coal are 
altogether sandstone for a distance of one hundred feet, and no signs of 
Nos. 9 or 10 were seen. Nodules of limestone occur on top of the hill. 
Following the National Road from. Middletown east, Coal No. 8 is first 
seen in a deserted opening in section 20, belonging to Nancy Yurkle. 
Near the Antrim road Mr. Bailey has made several openings. Here the 
coal averages four feet, with one foot of roof-coal. The pyrites band in 
the upper bench and the slate partings are well marked and persistent. 
The coal is compact, of good quality, and generally free froma pyrites. Two 
and one-half miles east of Middletown Mr. McCullough has opened the 
same coal by means of a shaft. The coal is three feet six inches thick, 
and is regarded as of excellent quality. It contains many films of car- 
bonate of lime. This bed continues accessible to the county line, and is 
worked at several localities along the National Road. The rocks above 
are sandstone for seventy feet, excepting a thin shale midway, contain- 
ing a few nodules of limestone. 
