Section of Rock at McCuneville.
(Including Surface Horizons and the Strata Disclosed
by Borings for Salt.) 

     18.     Shales and sandstones.
     17.     Iron ore.
     16.   Sandy shale.
     15.   Limestone capped with ore.
     14.   Sandy shale.
     13.     Coal.
     12.     Sandstone and shale.
     11.     Coal.
     10.     Shale and sandstone.
      9.      Coal No. 6, Great Vein (Middle (Upper)
Kittanning) (Upper New Lexington).
      8.      Shales with iron ore.
      7.      Coal with ore below.
      6.      Sandy shale or sandstone.

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      5. Shell ore 10 feet below coal.
      4. Iron ore.
      3. Coal.
      2. Shales and sandstone.
      1. Coal.
      0. Blue limestone with ore.
      1. Shales.
      2. Coal.
      3. Shales.
      4. Coal.
      5. Sandy Shales.
      6. Maxville Limestone.
      7. Sandstone and shale, with salt water.
      8. Shale.
      9. Black Shale.
     10. White sandstone.
     11. Salt water in Waverly Sandstone.
     12. Red shale.
     13. Gray sand-rock.
     14. Dark shale.
     15. Hard shale.
     The Vertical Section of Surface Horizons is
about 300 feet.
     The depths of the wells were about 900 feet.
     The Maxville Limestone is 110 feet, below the
surface.
     The Great Coal Vein is 150 feet above the surface
of wells. --- Ohio Geological Report.

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