Search billions of records on Ancestry.com

Generalized Section of Perry County Strata. 

     43. Fresh Water Limestone (Ferrell's Hill).
     42. Ames Limestone-Found on tops of hills in
Bearfield and Monroe.
     41. Ewing Limestone or iron ore.

19 

     40. Patriot Coal.
     39. Cambridge Limestone-on the hill above
Crooksville .
     38. Upper Mahoning Sandstone.
     37. Coal (No. 7a)---traceable on tops of hills in
eastern part of county (Mahoning Coal).
     36. Mahoning sandstone and shale.
     35. Iron Point Ore.
     34. Shales.
     33. Upper Freeport Coal (Stallsmith) (Workable
at Hamburg) (No. 7).
     32. Upper Freeport or Bolivar Clay.
     31. Upper Freeport Limestone or Buchtel Ore.
(Shawnee), (Sour Apple).
     30. Lower Freeport Coal (6a) (Norris).
     29. Lower Freeport Limestone.
     28. Lower Freeport Sandstone.
     27. Middle (Upper) Kittanning-Great Coal
Vein---Upper New Lexington---No. 6.
     26. Fire Clay and Sand rock.
     25. Phosphorous Ore of Hamden Furnace.
     24. Sand Shale.
     23. Lower Kittanning Coal (No. 5) (Lower New
Lexington) (Lower Moxahala) (Mined at Redfield).
     22. Kittanning Clay and Sandrock.
     21. Ore (Ferriferous Limestone) (Baird Ore)
(Clarion Coal, sometimes wanting) (4a).
     20. Shales and Clay.
     19. Putnam Hill Limestone (Flint Beds at New
Lexington ).
     18. Brookville Coal (Tracings found in drill-
ing) (4).
     17. Shale and Clay.

20 

     16. Tionesta Coal (Cannel Coal of Monday
creek).
     15. Tionesta Clay (Worked at Roseville).
     14. Upper Mercer Ore and Limestone.
     13. Upper Mercer Coal (3a).
     12. Upper Mercer Clay.
     11. Sandstone or Shale.
     10. Lower Mercer Ore and Limestone.
      9. Lower Mercer Coal (Seen on hill at Junction
City) (3).
      8. Lower Mercer Clay.
      7. Block Ore of Junction City.
      6. Massilon Sandstone and Shale.
      5. Quakertown Coal (Found in Mondaycreek
north of Maxville).
      4. Sandstone.
      3. Sharon Coal.
      2. Conglomerate.
      1. Sub-Carboniferous Limestone (Maxville).
     (Courtesy, S. W. Pasco).

21

Next Chapter