Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-07-12

l-rr7r F-ecport Coal Upper Frcepcrt Coal
roper Freepor- or Bolt Upper Freepo.t or Boil
var CLAW var Clay
Upper F5eeport Lime Upper FieePoTt Lime
inner Freeport sand Upper Freeport Sand
.l,na stone
S,Ser rreeport Coal. over Freeport Coal.
I5v,er FreepoI, Lime Lower Freeport Lime
,,re Stone
S,rer Freeport sand Lower Freeport sand
Stone stone.
pperHittanning coal
,f;slfa Eiifsuning Coal Shale aud sandstone
ddickittanuingcOa
sroleard KfdueyOre Shale and Kidney ore
Kfrsnninr Clay Kittanniug Clay.
Shale and sandstone. INittannlhe o4uusloie.
rsr-ffsr0us Limestone IFsrr.fcrous Limestone
ana ore and ore.
clarion. Upper Coal. Clarion Upper Coal
sandstone. Hecla. Sandstone, Clarion.
Putnam Hill Limestone Clarion. Lower OF btooh-
Brookvin3 Coal vil Coal
Sandstone. Tionesta Sandstone luomewcod
OF Tionestal
Tiouests Coal Ionesia Coal;
Upper McIcer i mes.one. pptf Mercer LIN, sl1ue
INNER Mercer Coal PIPER Mercer Coal.
Sh5fe 'Shale.
Lowe Love- Mercer Lime Lower Mercer Lime.
= owen s,g,le Mercer Coal Lover Mercer Coal
SANDSTONE. Nssalllon Sandstone, ConnOQu--
Tpper norsing, Upper
Quskeriowu Coal Qu'sertown Coal:
l 4
Loser. nersing, Lower.
sharon, or Br,er Hill sharon Coal.
shsron Couglomerate. sharon Coaglomerate,
The almost complete harmony shown
bv the above table taken from the latest
results published by the Ohio Survey IL
sufficient answer to the apparent conflict
between my results and the old and con-
fessedly inaccurate table of the OHIO col
umn published 10 years ago. In fact the
only differences now between my results
and those Of the Ohio geolcgsts is simply
one Of names. My work in Pennsylvania
and Eastern Ohio showed that the great
Conglomeraie of Rogers, instead Of being
one solid mass Of Tcck, was a complex for
nation, made up of three or four massive
sand5tones and conglOmerates with several
included coal beds and accompanying
shales, the lowest member of which Is
known as the Sharon conglomerate. In
this view I ON supported by all the Penn,
sylvania biologists, and according to 1t all
of the members Of the table Just given,
from the top of the Homewood or Tion-
esta sandstone down, belong to the Great
| Conplomerate OF No. XII of Rodgers.
Westward through OHIO, however, the
upper sandstone members Of this series
thin down and become much less massive
than in Pennsylvania, so that the OaiC
biologists regard the lowest member, OF
sharon Coz glomerate, as representing all
Of the Great Conglomerate, a question
simply Of geologic nomenclature and
of no Importance, since all agree on the
order of the different beds, The above
table then will answer the queries pro
posed by Mr.. Gilchrist.
Query Nos. /, ? and s: The Sharon
Ouakertown, and Lower Mercer Goals Of
Ohio according to Prof. Orion are not
above the conglomerate, but within wha'
is now recognized as that series.
Ouery >: These same Goals, Lowe
Mercer. Qaakertown ard Sharon, do m
questiouably represent the New R'vei
Goals, although the Great CoDglomerst'
series has there expanded to nearly hy'
times it's thickness in Eastern Ohio.
should say in conclusion that as
rule, the working geOlogist has neither
time nor inclination for newspaper dis
cussion with those who differ from him,
but at the same time he welcomes the
kindly criticism Of his brother geoiogiste
since sll are working for one common
end. the attainment Of truth, hence the
detection and elimination of error ever
in his own work, bring not pain but
pleasure. w,,rv
| ,r....g.,., T,1,, IN 1889.