The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1871-08-22
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY,
PrOf Andrews and Assistant In
Monroe County.
Communication from Hon, J O.Amos
Interesting Particulars of the Pro-
tessOr's Researches.
CONCLUDED

ooDSFIELD, August III, 1911.
A measurement on the farm of Jacol
Weekly showed it to be four feet six in
ches, with only two slight partings. Oh
the land of John Boughner, just abov,
Cameron, the vein, known as the upper
worked vein at Woodsfield, is mucl
thicker than at any point tits found fur
ther West, but is not of SO good qualit,
as the creek coal
On the land Of James Howell. about siA
miles East of Woodsfeld, the creek Goa
is more than one hundred feet above the
creek, and this seems to be the highest
point that it reaches, for from this point
the dip Of the rocks exceed the fall of tho
creek.
BY calculation the coal, known as the
Wegee vein, can be found by shafting ir
between sixty and seventy feet below the
surface. This Wegee coal is said to be
near six feet thick, and of superior quail
ty. l have been informed l do not vouch
for the truth of it) that some twenty five
years ago DR.. McMahon, while boring fol
salt some distance above this, found vein
of coal six feet thick at depth of sixty,
six feet tits probable, if this report be
correct, that the exact depth was not ia
ken correctly. A well bored in search OF
oil, two miles below Cameron, found this
vein of coal at depth of hundred feet
or perhaps more, (my informant could
not recollect the exact distance, but the
rapid dip in this vicinity would account
for its greater depth.
On Negro Run, in Salem township, the
lower creek vein is found near the mouth
of the run; it is thin but of good quality,
and about three miles above, on the land
of Abram Long, the vein known as the
middle vein is found measuring about
three feet above it is the vein known as
the upper worked vein, which is about
four feet thick; both these veins have
been worked, both above and below this
point, but perhaps not enough to show
their true merit. They correspond in
relative distance to the distance between
the strip vein, middle vein and creek vein,
near Woodstie!d.
On the high point, in the road West of
the house owned by Charles Dota, a,ip-Swif-
zerland township, is peculiar crumhling
limestone. This stone is over five hum
dred feet above the level of the river here,
and is found in the high points in the
same vicinity. South and East of this
the same stone was found in several pla
oes in Ohio township. !; sfa.l!t i
On the land of David Ruble, in Swift
zerland township, limestone was found
which corresponds with thetone found in
the hill North of Woodsfield, and which
is there ninety three feet above the upper
worked vein of coal. This same lime
stone is found all along the road from
this point to West of Malaga; at Bealls-
vile its distance above the coal shows the
same distance as at Woodsfeld. This
limestone is not less than one hundred
feet below the limestone found at Dota's,
and where the vein of cement lime is be-
low the surface it can be used as q guide
to ind the upper worked coal. "'a .
Both above and below this limestone
is found heavy red clay shales, and at pla-
ces thickly filled nodules of ore, as may
be seen at Woodsfeld and East of, ,Bealls,
vile. These nodules have a large per
cent of iron, but it is doubtful whether
they are abundant enough to pay for
working. 'EAE a.rr
In the part of the county South Of
Woodsield coal has not yet been discov-
eredas abundant as north of that point.
Its existence, however, is as abundant,anG
as the necessities require it will be found
and used
What is called the creek vein, on Sun
fish Creek, is found at BAIL Dyes South
Of Antioch; Alexander's Mills, East of
Antioch near the mouth of Barnes Run,
in Jackson township on Indian Creek, in
Bethel township; at Baresville, and at a
other points; and in several
places the veins are known to exist above
this. The coal in the vicinity of Antioch
is Of larger quantity and better quality
than that found on Sunlish Creek, except
it he in the vicinity of Cameron.
/ have omitted to mention the lower
strata of limestone found in our county,
for the reason that their economic rela-
tons to the coal strata is not so useful In
tracing it as is the cement lime or upper
stratum mentioned. !lwg IF
The amount Of the outcropplng coal in
this countvlis not as great as that of the
counties North Of us. The veins are as
but much thinner. The thick
ness of the partings often change. For
instance, in the Evans. mine the fire clay
parting is two feet, while in the Morris
mine, one half mile distance, it is only
eight inches the thickness Of the coal is
about the same.
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