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Identifier: ohiobrookehancoc00west (find matches)
Title: Ohio, Brooke and Hancock counties
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: West Virginia Geological Survey Grimsley, George Perry, 1868- Griswold, William Tudor, 1859- Caine, Thomas A Tailby, G. W
Subjects: Geology Mines and mineral resources
Publisher: (Wheeling : Wheeling News Litho. Co.)
Contributing Library: West Virginia University Libraries
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importance, but form valu-able guides in the identification of the strata, and afford import-ant clues to the position of the Pittsburg, Freeport, and other coalseams. The Conemaugh Series is exposed through the northern por-tion of the Pan Handle area, but outside of the Kings creek areait is impossible to secure complete sections, since the Pittsburgcoal only extends north to the hills south of this creek, and theUpper Freeport coal does not outcrop south of this stream. TheKings creek section at Osburns Mill is given in the introductoryportion of Part II of this report and shows a total thickness of465 feet for the Conemaugh Series in this area. A section of the Conemaugh was made at Wellsburg, Brookecounty, by combining the hill section with the record of the old<:oal shaft sunk to the Roger or Lower Freeport coal in the Alle-gheny series. This shaft record has been furnished by Mr. J. C.Cram, who was superintendent of the mine, and one of the oldcoal operators of this county.
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WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 5 Section at Wellsburg, Brooke County. Ft. in.Pittsburg coal. Concealed 16 Coal blossom, Little Pittsburg 0 2 Sandstone , 2 Shales and concealed 32 7 Limestone, blue 2 Shales 30 7 Limestone, gray, nodular 2 Shales, buff 25 10 Limestone, gray, Clarksburg 2 Shales and concealed 32 6 Sandstone, Morgantown 12 4 Shales and concealed 72 Limestone, Ames 5 Shales 20 Coal blossom 0 6 Shales and concealed 43 Shaly sandstone and shales 12 Sandstone 15 Continued from Coal shaft record Shales 25 Plastic clay : 20 Sandstone 42 Clays 10 Limestone, hard 3 Slate 18 Fire clay G Slate and clay 8 Coal, Upper Freeport 1 6 To Lower Freeport coal 75 Ft. in. 230 227 6 457 6 This section would give 457 feet as the thickness of the Cone-maugh Series at Wellsburg. Further south in the Central GlassCo. well, at Wheeling, the record would give a thickness of 500feet for the Conemaugh. Partial sections of the Conemaugh Series are exposed atmany places in Hancock and Brooke counties

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