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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layers. Here it rests upon an earthy blue limestone. Nearly three feet
below the ore is a seam of coal twenty-two inches thick. By accident,
no samples of this ore were obtained for analysis. Should the quality
equal that of most of the ores of the lower coal measures in this region,
the ore may prove very valuable. We did not see the stratum overlying
the ore at this place. Should it prove of soft material, easily mined, this
ore could be obtained by the usual method of mining.
Between this ore horizon and the horizon of the Putnam Hill limestone, is a seam of coal generally thin; but on the land of Edward Danison, Section 16, Madison township, Perry county, it measured 3 ft. 3 in.
It has been mined only to a limited extent.
In addition to this seam of coal, there is another directly under the
Putnam Hill limestone. It is generally very thin, but in the townships
of Hopewell, of Muskingum, and Hopewell, of Licking counties, it reaches
a good workable thickness. My assistant, W. G. Ballantine, spent much
time in tracing the range of the limestone, and is confident that the cannel
coal of Flint Ridge, and the coal of Joseph Porter, on 100 acre lot, No. 16,
of Hopewell township, Muskingum county, are located directly below the
equivalent of the Putnam Hill limestone. The following is a section of
the coal on the property of Messrs. Bradford, Pollock & Co., Hopewell
township, Licking county. (See Fig. 13.)
^ s 6~Sod
^s^Z___orn ore6 not seen herebuV 1'Mile South
2 to 14' t ark blue fossilifuors Limestone'Putnam Hill
~12? to 14 I1, Very Rich in Fossils
Producta Orthis Sperifara Allbrismoa Aucula
Pecten Chronetes Phllipsia &c,
/1~a-4' iS S Coal Reported Cannel By Dr.Salisbury
4!/.Blue Clay fthale
319 t i c- Cannel Coal
10! Slate Reported
8;;). Coal oNot Seen Reported Cannel By Dr.Salisbury
FIG. 13.
The cannel coal has been quite extensively wrought in former years for
distillation into oil. The bank is now rented to Mr. Anderson, who sends