. Raleigh County and the western portions of Mercer and Summers counties. ickness. Total. New River and Pocahontas Groups (610) Feet. Feet. Sandstone 40 40 Sandy shale and concealed 68 108 Coal, Beckley, prospect opening 2 110 Concealed and sandy shale 104 214 Slate 2 216 Coal, Fire Creek 4 220 220 Sandstone and concealed 170 390 Shale, sandy, dark 15 405 Sandstone, massive, cliff 82 487 Coal 1 0] Slate, gray 1 0 I Pocahontas No. 3 3 490 270 Coal 1 0 J Slate 2 492 Sandstone, massive 68 560 Concealed 12 572 Slate Coal, Pocahontas No. 1 575 85 Slate, (visible) . 2 577 Concealed 13
. Raleigh County and the western portions of Mercer and Summers counties. ickness. Total. New River and Pocahontas Groups (610) Feet. Feet. Sandstone 40 40 Sandy shale and concealed 68 108 Coal, Beckley, prospect opening 2 110 Concealed and sandy shale 104 214 Slate 2 216 Coal, Fire Creek 4 220 220 Sandstone and concealed 170 390 Shale, sandy, dark 15 405 Sandstone, massive, cliff 82 487 Coal 1 0] Slate, gray 1 0 I Pocahontas No. 3 3 490 270 Coal 1 0 J Slate 2 492 Sandstone, massive 68 560 Concealed 12 572 Slate Coal, Pocahontas No. 1 575 85 Slate, (visible) . 2 577 Concealed 13 590 Sandstone 20 610 Mississippian (898) Concealed 35 645 Shale, sandy 5 650 Sandstone, green 30 680 Concealed 10 690 Sandstone 10 700 Sandy shale 15 715 Concealed 35 750 Sandstone 30 780 Shale, sandy 20 800 Shale, reddish tint 10 810 Sandstone, massive 40 850 Shale, sandy, and concealed 25 875 Sandstone, massive 45 920 Shale, sandy, and concealed , 40 960 Sandstone and sandy shale, mostly sandstone 80 1040 Concealed 70 1110 Shale, gray, sandy 10 1120 Sandstone 10 1130. WEST VIRGINIA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY. 73 Thickness. Total. Feet. Feet. Shale, gray 10 1140 Sandstone, massive, fine grained. 30 1170 Shale, reddish tint 10 1180 Sandstone, massive, fine grained 20 1200 Shale, sandy 10 1210 Sandstone, massive 35 1245 Shale, limy, gray 12 1257 Limestone, gray, hard, marine fossils 3 1260 Concealed 40 1300 Shale, red 10 1310 Shale, red and sandy 7 1317 Shale, red, limy 7 1324 Limestone 1 1325 Shale, red 5 1330 Concealed and red shale 35 1365 Shale, red 15 1380 Concealed and sandy shale 90 1470 Sandstone, limy 15 1485 Shale, red 9 1494 Shale, greenish red 1 1495 Shale, red * 5 1500 Limestone, impure, red 2 1502 Shale, red, to creek, elevation, 1232 L 6 1508 This section was taken to the rise, so that the interval between the Fire Creek Coal and the top of the Mauch ChunkShale is too small. Another section by Krebs, descending southwestward from a summit along road leading from the northe
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