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792, GEOLOGY OF OHIO. 
clay seams, each six inches thick; coal of good quality. On Stoker’s 
Hill, south-west of Mitchart’s, an outcrop shows coal one foot, fire-clay, 
six inches, coal, eighteen inches. 
On Mr. Ellison’s land, in the same township, an outcrop gives— 
FT. IN. 
Te (SAMA Stones ee ee ae eee aI aE aR UD SECO 1 UR 4 0 
Pasay OX0 121 eee ence Maso oar A eRe On AUN RANE PLS LENT 3 eA Sd DAL UTE SO il 8 
Se) Blacktshaleqiyh oe sie eve INE ee ARA ele cet ges a eee E NC SS heh ty i 2 0 
Abo TiC Oar ee ei a oN ENN SANUS UL Ah als Pa RR EGLO Lee PET SL 2 0 
On Joseph Blanchard’s land, three-fourths of a mile south-east of Napo- 
leon, is an opening, of which the following is a section: 
FT IN. 
De UNA O ys ered beeen Nay oS We ILE OLS ALS cnt MP SIT A UM oioe pa ESI SPER AER Sear 20 0 
P peat) GH OY2N Wciegeliss Brel car Rte SER anes Ae Nees mi enim SG Wlh ate St dA IN Se aN Onto 
Pap Eoute= Cea yi lays ens AP iy SER Se ULM SUS As af act Na eee Sn garg TS 0 8 
ANY O Bib eeu si ays Srl aes SPINS 43 Ns 8 Ae Voce BARA RU RN 0 8 
HOLME ITO CLAY Cicliei Mio ei lal aac ae eter 2 ies So eke oe CN RN ei i et ever UO 
Gees O Be aces SUN RNG aE Sete rai rear citi ctr rata stct te fap Rane ey SUL a Eee a 1 8 
7. Black shale. . 
It is evident that such a seam, though containing nearly four feet of 
coal, will be of little value unless the clay partings thin out. Im all of 
the hills around Napoleon this coal is well developed, but all the expo- | 
sures found, showed clay or shale partings, rendering the coal of little 
value for present mining. 
Klias Mastg mine, in Hardy township, east of Nillerebure, has a firm 
limestone roof, admitting of chambers fifty to eighty feet wide, timbered 
only along the railways; coal hard, bright, and of good quality. ae 
following is a section of the coal strata: 
i SEATIMVE SE OTL (eels cee arc SS Speyave ee neNe epee a stereane te me teres in Mallett iH A ft. 
Dre (OO es ene cin cers la os Ol Le ORRIN Ua SU MAA Ea 18 to 20 in. 
Poi CLE vice Sito) cid pate ony UA ee carat ene Seeretasei ee Ur Save ally Aas 8 in. 
71 Wt O01 eget BPE at Re AE A MA Cea Ns SL SO ENS ator 2 ft. to 2 ft. 10 in. 
Se Taek Stale iis welts coe Net Sa ce Aa a Pa 20 in. 
GE Sannel [Costly Nel cig eM Cs Tee ee era A iar ep ah 1 ft 
Michael Cullens’s bank, in Salt Creek township, gives the following 
section : 
Pea HTM OS HOM ers Heer ee a ea aia ead oascn sagese oucd coseso uF 3 feet 
Zn Coals robteniand | Sokbijeas sence aes Oe ere herein erate tah es 
Sm uelard OTay SU ale) a acl ue sees wees eee ec etets Pa ARE ad Saas 
AM Coal coodsquall tye sem erase ne epee use eeEs eter etenelerelaretete i Qn ; 
er POAC LA Vise ee i wees CRIS Ceca ee en ate ae Natt aac ent are trst cate 18 to 20 inches. 
