Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. V. Ill of a semi-cannel character and rather poor quality. Thisbed is undoubtedly the same with the North Washington Cannel coal bed. The measurements givenin Fig. 100 were made near this bank. Section near Glenns Lower Coal, blossom. Concealed, with shaly sandstone, 70Kittanning Upper Coal, 2 Concealed—shale, 30 Kittanning Middle Coal, 3 The Kittanning Middle bed was opened some years ago,by an old bank one mile north from the Glenn coal was found at a depth of thirty feet in digging awater well nea
Report of progress 1874-1889, A-Z .. . WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP. V. Ill of a semi-cannel character and rather poor quality. Thisbed is undoubtedly the same with the North Washington Cannel coal bed. The measurements givenin Fig. 100 were made near this bank. Section near Glenns Lower Coal, blossom. Concealed, with shaly sandstone, 70Kittanning Upper Coal, 2 Concealed—shale, 30 Kittanning Middle Coal, 3 The Kittanning Middle bed was opened some years ago,by an old bank one mile north from the Glenn coal was found at a depth of thirty feet in digging awater well near the latter bank, and underlies it thirty tothirty-five feet. The blossom of the Freeport Lower Coal was seen nearthe summit of the road. It is hardly of workable size. The Kittanning Upper Coal was opened some years agonear Mr. Christys house, two miles west of North Wash-ington, but the bank has long since fallen shut, and no ex-amination of it could be made. The character of the coalis probably similar to that found in the Hockenberry open-ing near Five Points in Cherry township. On the road running from North Wash-ington to Five Points, the exposures meas-ured were—(F
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