COSHOCTON COUNTY. 585 
past. The coal is shipped by canal, and finds a market westward, and to 
the north-west as far as Sandusky. The following is the succession of 
strata observed in the run below the coal bed: Seventy-five feet below, 
is the bottom of a large bed of massive sandstone, not less than thirty 
feet thick, some layers of it conglomeritic; under it, shale beds (bluish) 
about twenty feet thick, with balls and layers of iron-ore; at ninety-five 
feet below the coal, is fire-clay, and, under this, blue shale and kidney 
ore ; at 105 feet, black chert, five feet thick ; and 15 feet below this, black 
shale and cannel coal, not distinctly divided—altogether, about four feet 
thick. The lowest of these strata represent the blue limestone, and Coal 
No. 3; and the black chert is the representative of a limestone which is 
tpeatly found over the next eoal above. 
The following are the analyses of the coal from the mines above men- 
tioned, No. 1 being from the mines of the Coalport Coal Company; No. 
2, Prosser’s upper bench; No. 8, Prosser’s lower bench : 
i 2. 3 
Specickoraviby cma ee wees eecne ces veces ce cess 1.357 1.253 1.296 
MOIS CURR eke myetetste st cialelniala aie simicto's Ureiaiclats loca’ ciate ss 3.60 4.30 3.70 
ANS SRE COORONG cetera Coed caer at i aS ap ae ea 6.20 . 1.40 2.20 
Volatileycombustible matter -22-5-..--+5-------- 37.20 38.00 36.10 
Ke CIC ar yOMee aaa riont eae sce Re Rr Ee Ua er 53.00 56.30 58.00 
100.00 100.00 100.00 
Subpoena caer ce aad ails Se 3.04 1.64 Pei 
Sullobml ekteimeco hopeemate seer yse merle eerie erarare 2.08 0.38 0.90 
Solphurformimn oto Coke -.- 2. sso- Soto c secs ce 5. SD 0.65 1.47 
BSC CCAS EPO Ts OUI Ciyyereere creel paterevare ayetayel ate cred uate ia 3.08 ¢.f. 3.65¢.f. Agente 
NGI geP yee tere a iar Mama mera Saraic cls cn clnicisicn oe ah oelnes eray. yellow. fawn. 
COLO ESBS SE COB SSA CBOE ne See ene compact. compact. compact. 
Tuscarawas.—The lowest strata in this township, are those near the 
blue limestone. It lies near the level of the railroad, and of the canal 
near the aqueduct to the north of Coshocton. Where the highway 
crosses Mill creek, in the north-east part of the township, the following 
section of 165 feet may be observed: At top of the hill, massive sand- 
stone, extending down about 100 feet ; 125 feet below the top of this sand- 
stone, gray limestone, four feet thick, with much chert intermixed and 
overlying a coal bed, the thickness of which is not known, only about 
fifteen inches seen in the outcrop; thence down to the level of the 
bridge over Mill Creek (165 feet. below the top of the sandstone), is a bed 
of shales, about thirty-five feet thick. The blue limestone was not seen 
in place, but a loose piece of it was found below the level of the bridge 
and of the road. These strata produce no workable coal beds. The 
