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In fractional section 2, Ames township, but one of this series at 103 feet.
Likewise at Evansville, in Lodi township, is there but one, at 107 feet.

In W. section 32, Canaan township, we find a single seam, at 106 feet. In section 21, Union township, we find a series of limestones and shales extending from 104 to 132 feet above the coal with no well marked interval of separation. The same is true in fractional section 31, Marion township, where the series extends from 99 to 126 feet above the coal.

The white limestone, No. 14 of the general section, seventy-five feet above the Pomeroy coal, is the most persistent. It alone, in Meigs county, finds a place in the general section.

The following section, measured on the Gifford farm, in section 30, Bern township, shows the position of the limestone:

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The intervals are omitted. The sandstone over the Pomeroy coal was seen thirty-nine feet thick.

In fractional section 2, A mes township, Athens county, the limestone, No. 14 of the general section, is seen fifteen feet thick; in N. E. section 7, Canaan township, eleven feet; in S. W. section 26, Rome township, thirteen feet. In the northern portion of the field, in section 4, Union township, Morgan county, the interval between the limestone and the Pomeroy coal was measured seventy-four feet. To the south, in N. E. section 33, Salisbury township, Meigs county, the interval was seventyfive feet. In the latter place the strata were exposed for 110 feet above the limestone with no sign of coal or limestone.

The limestone forty-five feet above the Pomeroy coal, is often wanting, the place being occupied by the Pomeroy sandstone. It was seen in N. W. section 8, and fractional section 32, Homer township, Morgan county, and in N. W. section 23, Ames township, Athens county.

COALS.

The coals above the Pomeroy coal are of little value. The coal blossom, 190 feet above the Pomeroy coal, is the equivalent of the Macksburg or "Sandstone Vein" of Washington county.

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The marks of it were found in section 18, Rome township, and in fractional section 5, Bern township, Athens county. The overlying sandstone accompanied it in both instances.

The coal ninety-five feet above the Pomeroy coal, is the equivalent of the Meigs Creek coal, of eastern Morgan county, and of the "Limestone Vein," of Washington county. Blossoms of it were seen in sections 30, 24 and 23, Ames township, Athens county. It is found along Big Run, in Roine township, and along Marietta Run, in Bern township. At the mouth of the latter run the interval between this coal and the Pomeroy coal is increased to 117 feet. It is mined for local use along Coal Run, in S. E. Marion township, also in Windsor township, Morgan county.

CLAY.

The upper portion of the Pomeroy sandstone is sometimes replaced by a bed of red clay.

It is well shown on the Mansfield Petroleum Company's land at Joy, and on Linscott Run, section 7, Homer township, Morgan county.

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The lower Barren Measures are not, as the name would indicate, barren. We find in them six coals and six limestones.

LIMESTONES.

The Pittsburgh limestone, a white, fresh water limestone, usually accompanies the Pomeroy coal.

Nos. 6 and 7 of the general section are local formations. Individual sections containing them will be given when we come to speak of the coal along Long Run.

Three thin local limestones or limestone ores, not shown in the general section, are found between the limestone marked seven in the section and the Ames limestone. One at sixty feet to sixty-five feet above the Ames; one at forty-five to fifty feet above the Ames; and the third, thirty feet above the Ames.

They may be seen in Athens and Alexander townships, Athens county.

The Ames limestone is the first marine limestone found in descending the scale.

A firm, highly fossiliferous rock, twelve inches to thirty-six inches thick, its western outcrop may be followed continuously from the north, through western Morgan county and across Athens county. In Morgan county, it is found from 100 feet to 120 feet above the Cambridge limestone, and from 145 feet to 170 feet below the Pomeroy coal. In Athens county, the interval between it and the Cambridge is decreased to from seventy feet to ninety feet.

In Scipio and Rutland townships, Meigs county, it becomes a bed of yellow fossiliferous shale, with more or less limestone interstratified, eight feet to fifteen feet thick. These beds of shale are well shown along Muddy Fork of Leading Creek in southwestern Scipio township, and along the west branch of Little Leading Creek from Harrisonville, Scipio township, to the northwest.

In Columbia and Salem townships, Meigs county, and in Morgan township, Gallia county, it is a thin impure limestone, yet still highly fossiliferous. It is found in this southern portion of the field from eighty feet to ninety feet above the Cambridge limestone.

The Ewing limestone is subject to many changes in character. In Malta and Bloom townships, Morgan county, it is a coarse conglomerate. In section 32, Deerfield township, it is a nodular blue carbonate containing 16.50 per cent. of iron. On Little Willow Creek, section 34, Canaan township, Athens county, it becomes an impure white limestone. In Lee township, it becomes again a conglomerate. In N. E. section 5, Salem township, Meigs county, we find a conglomerate. In section 30,

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The lower Barren Measures are not, as the name would indicate, barren. We find in them six coals and six limestones.

LIMESTONES.

The Pittsburgh limestone, a white, fresh water limestone, usually accompanies the Pomeroy coal.

Nos. 6 and 7 of the general section are local formations. Individual sections containing them will be given when we come to speak of the coal along Long Run.

Three thin local limestones or limestone ores, not shown in the general section, are found between the limestone marked seven in the section and the Ames limestone. One at sixty feet to sixty-five feet above the Ames; one at forty-five to fifty feet above the Ames; and the third, thirty feet above the Ames.

They may be seen in Athens and Alexander townships, Athens county.

The Ames limestone is the first marine limestone found in descending the scale.

A firm, highly fossiliferous rock, twelve inches to thirty-six inches thick, its western outcrop may be followed continuously from the north, through western Morgan county and across Athens county. In Morgan county, it is found from 100 feet to 120 feet above the Cambridge limestone, and from 145 feet to 170 feet below the Pomeroy coal. In Athens county, the interval between it and the Cambridge is decreased to from seventy feet to ninety feet.

In Scipio and Rutland townships, Meigs county, it becomes a bed of yellow fossiliferous shale, with more or less limestone interstratified, eight feet to fifteen feet thick. These beds of shale are well shown along Muddy Fork of Leading Creek in southwestern Scipio township, and along the west branch of Little Leading Creek from Harrisonville, Scipio township, to the north west.

In Columbia and Salem townships, Meigs county, and in Morgan township, Gallia county, it is a thin impure limestone, yet still highly fossiliferous. It is found in this southern portion of the field from eighty feet to ninety feet above the Cambridge limestone.

The Ewing limestone is subject to many changes in character. In Malta and Bloom townships, Morgan county, it is a coarse conglomerate. In section 32, Deerfield township, it is a nodular blue carbonate containing 16.50 per cent. of iron. On Little Willow Creek, section 34, Canaan township, Athens county, it becomes an impure white limestone. In Lee township, it becomes again a conglomerate. In N. E. section 5, Salem township, Meigs county, we find a conglomerate. In section 30,

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