228 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
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The shales resting on the coal are dark and contain a small quantity 
of blackband, but insufficient to prove of economical value. The coal is 
fairly compact and free from impurities, and is used in the village. It 
varies in thickness from two feet six inches to two feet nine inches. 
The sandstone of the section is exceedingly hard, and at times becomes 
conglomerate. 
Madison Township.—tin this township No. 7a is seen in the “bottom” 
just east from Antrim, and there has been worked by stripping. It is 
seen also in the bed of the run in section 11, at the township line. A 
small amount of kidney ore is seen over it. At Antrim the Crinoidal 
limestone lies at the level of the village, but no coal is seen under it. 
Near Winchester, on top of a ridge south of the village, Coal No. 8 has 
been struck in wells. It showed a thickness of three feet, but is rotten. 
No. 7a is not seen here, owing to the sharpness of the westward dip, 
which carries it at least thirty feet under the creek at Winchester. 
No. 76 is better developed here than in any other portion of the county, 
and is worked to considerable extent. In the neighborhood of Winches- 
ter it has been opened by G. W. Burson, J. H. Carlisle, Eli Titerick, and 
others, and at a short distance south by P. Weyer andG. Yeo. At these 
openings the coal lies at an average of five feet below the Crinoidal lime- 
stone, and has a limestone not far below it. At Mr. Burson’s opening 
the following section was obtained: : 
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ks SSIES: SO SR ela Apa ace enn Etch as aL eton ORME et 4 0 
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Ber Mire- Clay. caisic 2 So siete sie tieielareta ata yesiete toate ne ie ree telon othe ene aoe tal ere eetetes 4 0 
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The cannel coal varies from eight to eleven inches, and is full of avicu- 
loid shells, which are so flattened and distorted that identification is 
almost impossible. This material burns well and makes a good fire, but 
leaves nearly half its weight of white. powdery ash. The bituminous 
portion not infrequently attains a thickness of three feet four inches. 
