Stevenson.] 



110 



[Dec. 2. 



This also is on the upper division, and the features are very .similar to 

 those observed at the Fulbrite opening. At the time of examination, the 

 entry had been driven 79 feet, but sound coal had not been reached as the 

 hillside is very badly slipped. Another opening was run at a little dis- 

 tance further up the cafion. There the lower division is insignificant, and 

 an entry had been driven nearly 60 feet in the upper division, which 

 showed : 



2' 11" to 3' 1" 



1. Coal 0' 6" to 8" 



2. Sandstone parting 0' 1" to 2" 



3. Coal 0' 7" 



4. Clay and sandstone 0' 1" to 2" 



5. Coal 0'8" 



6. Bony coal 0' 2" to 3" 



7. Coal 0'5" 



8. Bony coal 0' 1" to 2" 



9. Coal 0'4"toG"^ 



The quality of the coal varies materially in the several benches. It all 

 liurns readily, and yields a powdery ash. No. 7 and 9 are liked for use as 

 domestic fuel. At another opening further up the canon, the lower divi- 

 sion is worthless, and the mining was done on the upper division, which 

 shows : 



1. Coal 0' Gi" 1 



2. Parting 



3. Coal 0' 6" 



4. Parting 



5. Coal O'G " 



6. Parting 



7. Coal O'S " 



8. Parting 



9. Coal 0' 9 " J 



Unlike the other pits, this shows no good coal, and the whole bed is 

 more or less bony. The last opening examined is at nearly two miles 

 from Raton, and very near the last exposure of the bed in this canon. No 

 exposure of the rocks, either above or below the bed, was found, but the 

 structure at this opening is so different from that observed at the other pits, 

 that there is no room for doubting that this is the lower division. The sec- 

 tion is : 



1. Coal 0'4i" 



2. Shale 0' 2i" to 4" 



3. Coal l'3'"to9" 



4. Shale 0' 5 " to 8" 



5. Coal 0' 9 " J 



No. 1 burns well, but is very bony, and the ash consists of angular frag- 



2' Hi" 



3' to 2' lOA' 



