BELMONT COUNTY. HIT 
than one hundred feet above Coal No. 10, and are therefore almost with- 
out available coal. The sections lying on the north being cut by Wheel- 
ing Creek, and those on the south by McMahan’s Creek, have ready access 
to Coal No. 8. 
At the infirmary, in section 28, Coal No. 12 has been worked to some 
extent, probably to give employment to the paupers, as it is little more 
than eighteen inches thick. In sections 3, 33, and 34, Coal No. 11 is 
worked by Messrs. Young, Roscoe, and'McKelvy. At their openings the 
following section is seen: 
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The coal has been opened rudely, and is worked only for domestic use. 
It is of very poor quality, containing much pyrites, and marked by num- 
erous clay seams one-half to three-fourths of an inch thick and three to 
six inches apart. Coal: No. 10 is worked at Hast Richland, where it is 
three feet thick. 
Coal No. 8¢ is worked by Mr. W. Caldweil in section 29, near the point 
where the Uniontown road crosses Wheeling Creek. It is overlain and 
underlain by heavy limestone, which has been quarried for use on the 
roads. It lies about thirty-five feet above the creek, which soon rises 
above it in Union township. As the creek flows from the south-west, 
the coal lies but a short distance below the surface for a couple of miles, 
and 1s worked by stripping. No other opening was obseryed on Wheel- 
ing Creek or its tributaries. 
On Jug Run, a tributary of Wheeling Creek, both No. 8 and No. 8a are 
well exposed. Near the crossing of the Athens road No. 8a lies in the bed 
of the run. Half a mile further down No. 8 has been rudely worked by 
stripping, and shortly beyond several openings are seen just above the 
level of the stream. The opening made in section 6 by Mr. W. Christie 
appears to be the most characteristic. The following is the section: 
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