262 GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
terraces are beautifully defined, and rise to more than fifty feet above the 
stream. This deposit extends to at least seventy feet below the present 
bed at Bellair, as has been proved by borings. How much deeper the 
original bed of the river lies can not be ascertained from any records of 
borings now accessible. 
The rock formations of the country belong altogether to the epoch of 
the Coal Measures, and exhibit, portions of the Lower Barren Group and 
Upper Coal Group of Rogers. An approximate section of the western 
part is as follows: 
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DAS WMUITM ESTO O ete Se 9S Ss A aaa oR ai a ate Stes Pa cb 4-30 0 
DOR SAN AS FOC vaio ste re ted a oe ee ere Pe aia ste 110. O 
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In the eastern portion of the county the section differs materially be- 
tween Coals Nos. 8 and 10. As obtained there it is as follows: 
EST STNG 
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15. Pave-Clay. coc ose thc cde ie oe eee hee eee eee eee Eee ee 2 0 
HOS SAN ASTON Ae les Si ee Ree ier er ee Ge ae a Tn 35 0 
Nie ACORENO? Dis Sass 5 SS i SR ee aA OO rar oe oe ny saree ST 2 6 
1S. Pire-Clayisins susros dc ohh s tk ke See era cpeeey Sete en cee ere 1 0 
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