Part I. Report of progress in 1869, by J. S. Newberry, chief geologist. Part II. Report of progress in the second district, by E. B. Andrews, assist. geologist. Part III. Report on geology of Montgomery County, by Edward Orton, assist. geologist.

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site conditions of deposition. We should expect, therefore, that the seam
of coal associated with the shales, above the main seam, would be limited
in extent, and the work of grouping them into a system a difficult one.
One of the best exhibitions of the coal seams, above the great seam, is
on the farm of Bayliss Glenn, on Snow Fork, Sec. 6, Ward township,
Hocking county. (See Section No. 8 on Map of grouped sections.) Most
of the section was made on Bear run, where the two upper seams of coal
were seen. The lower, 3 ft. thick, is apparently poor in the upper half
and good below. Twenty-nine feet above this seam are two or three feet
of limestone, the lower part white and good, and the upper 10 inches
apparently flinty and covered on the top with a little iron ore. On the
limestone rests 5 ft. of shales, upon which is a seam of coal 4 ft. thick, the
lower six inches of which is cannel. I had no opportunity to examine
the quality of the coal, as no mine is opened. The cannel is rather heavy,
with earthy matter. It contains fish remains. There is also in the hills
bordering Snow Fork a seam of coal, reported to have been mined, situated a little higher than the seam last mentioned.
Near the head of the East branch, Snow Fork, near Alexander Marshall's, Sec. 35, Salt Lick township, Perry county, there are seen in the
shales above the Nelsonville seam, the two coals found on the farm of Mr.
Glenn, farther down the run. The coal over the limestone was reported
21 ft. thick. Near the top of the high hill separating Snow Fork from
the West branch of Sunday creek, is the blossom of a coal seam. Its
exact height above the Nelsonville seam was not ascertained.
On the farm of Benj. Saunders, on the West branch of Sunday creek,
there are two seams of coal above the great seam. These seams are seen
in Sec. 22 on Map of grouped sections. The thickness of the first one
above the great seam was not ascertained. To the north-west it probably
runs out, and its place is taken by heavy sandstone. Near Millerstown,
on the land of Mr. Morris, it has an unusual development of 6 feet, and
the coal is of very fair quality. On the Grigsby farm it measures 4 feet,
and is of good quality. The upper seam is more persistent, as it was
found over a considerable area. It measures 4 feet, and, in quality, is
highly esteemed in the neighborhood. Mr. Saunders obtains this coal
(by stripping) for family use, preferring it to that of the great seam, which
is 11 ft. thick on his farm.
Mr. George Stallsmith, in the same neighborhood, has taken out considerable of this coal, for family and neighborhood use. Prof. Wormley
has analyzed this coal, with the following results: