Reports Volume 2 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...J Dark slate, floor There is probably another division of the coal not exposed under the dark slate at the bottom. The same impure layer of cannel shown here was also observed in the sections on Laurel and Elk. Cottle Knob is a conspicuous point five miles below Camdcnon-Gauley. which rises almost sheer from the broad plain along its base to a height of 1100 feet above the level of Gauley river, or about 000 feet above the terrace of the Pottsville beds at its base. The summit is capped by great cliffs of the Mahoning sandstone, and the entire Allegheny-Kanawha series is found in its steep slopes facing Gauley river. The Upper Freeport coal bed is not exposed, but its place is closely defined by the great Mahoning cliffs above, and a prominent bluff just below its "bench" or line of crop. The following measurements were made here in descending Cottle Knob to the southeast: SECTION IN COTTLE KNOB, WEBSTER COUNTY. Ft. In. Ft. In. Massive Mahoning sandstone in three ledges, for 200 feet from summit of Cottle Knob to horizon of Upper Freeport coal bench Concealed and massive sandstones 255 o coal o 8 slaty coal _ O 3 coal o 8 bone o 2 coal 1 3 Concealed and sandstone with two or three thin coals 300 Sandstone, massive and concealed 30 Coal, Campbells creek, 4 to 6 inches of slate near the middle 3 Concealed 20 Coal 1 Concealed (estimated) to top of Pottsville 50 Coal Total 662 6 The concealed interval at the base of the section is an estimate only, since a wide plain, a mile or more in width, extends from the crop of the lowest coal bed at the foot of the steep slopes southeastward to the Gauley river. This plain is underlain by the Pottsville series, the bold crop of which makes great cliffs along the immediate banks of Gauley, but the massive beds a...