An outcrop of the Allegheny Group showing slump structure along the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company cut northwest of Mineral City, Tuscarawas County, Ohio. This area has shale, siltstone, sandstone, conglomerate, limestone, coal, clay and flint lithologies. Bedrock is from the Pennsylvanian Geologic Period. The photograph was taken by Michael C. Hansen in 1981. The truss bridge was removed, the railroad cut was filled and County Road 107 (Sandyville Road) was constructed on top of the fill on a different allignment in the 1991 construction season by the Tuscarawas County Engineer's Office. The following information concerning the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company cut at Mineral City is taken verbatim from pages 143 through 145 [...]
