Stevenson.] "o [March 18, 



red or brownish-red sandstones are shown for some distance southward 

 from the ford. 



Col. J. T. Boyd of Wy theville has opened several of the coal beds along- 

 side of the stream as well as in a hollow coming down by Mr. Davidson's 

 house. The numerous openings on the south side of the creek show 

 fairly well the relations of the lower beds, the following section having 

 been obtained : 



1. Coal bed, V, said to be 1' 6" to 3' 



2. Interval, said to contain Coal bed, IV, 2' 67' 



3. Coal bed III, said to be 1' 1" 



4. Sandstone and shale 13' 



5. Coal bed II, said to be 6' or more to 2' 6" 



■6. Sandstone 17' 



7. Coal bed 1 0' 10" 



8. Sandstone, seen about 20' 



Mr. C. R. Boyd, who has reported on this property, says that the inter- 

 val, No. 6, becomes thirty feet at only a few rods from the locality visited. 

 Coal beds II and III have been opened in a hollow above Mr. Davidson's 

 house, where both are badly crushed, the lower much more than the 

 upper. The roof shales have been crushed as badly as the coal at most of 

 the pits, but at one under the road and alongside of the creek a fragment 

 of Lepidodendron was seen, altogether without distortion ; at all other 

 points, however, the crushing and consequent distortion have practically 

 destroyed all details of structure. The underclays are full ot leaves or 

 appendages belonging either to Lepidodendron or to Stigmaria. 



The coal bed, II, has been opened at several places along its outcrop 

 east from the creek, where it shows material variations in thickness and 

 structure, due evidently to the pressure which the bed has undergone. 

 The thickness at one opening appears to be more than four feet, but the 

 structure could not be made out. A new cut showed 



1. Black shale and coal streaks 1' 6" 



2. Clay 1' 0" 



3. Coal 2' 6" 



Here there is apparently no distortion, but the crushing is no less severe 

 than at an older pit where the bed has been twisted beyond recognition. 

 The coal occurs in thin laminae, easily separable and beautifully polished. 



The "Quarry rock," the lowest bed of the Vespertine, which comes to 

 the creek at the coal pits, is a gray, sometimes slightly conglomerate sand- 

 stone. The Chemung is not well shown in the gap through Little Walker 

 mountain. The relation of Devonian to Upper Silurian is not altogether 

 clear, as the Oriskany was not recognized in the "Poor Valley." Black 

 shales, dipping northwardly, were seen nearly opposite Mr. Hedrick's 

 house, which seem to be continuous thence to the final crossing of the 

 stream, where they are associated with drab and yellow shales which con- 

 tain fossil ore and are of Clinton age. From that place, the road winds for 



