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west direction with nearly a vertical dip. <A thirty-foot tunnel was driven 
into this seam some years ago. The coal was found to be good quality of 
lignite, but the vein being less than a foot in thickness, the work was aban- 
doned. 
Another exposure in this field is near the Bogachiel river, about eight 
miles southwest of Forks P. O. Some years ago a company, said to be the 
Narrow Gauge Railroad Company, drove a thirty-foot tunnel into the 
exposed coal seam here. The coal was found to be a good quality of lignite, 
but as the vein was less than a foot in thickness, the work was abandoned. 
Below is an analysis of a specimen of coal from the headwaters of the Quil- 
layute river, likely from the above tunnel:! 
IVIOISTUING ser. AR eae 2S ar teh et al ek ee eon Fags 5.10 per cent. 
Volatile combustible matter..................39.15 per cent. 
Bi Xede CAE OW scat, te phar citrack te er toe 47.01 per cent. 
JANG) sh iat AE pre Ol a A ac tert ie Cpe 7.77 per cent. 
Sulphur :...;).... Leet MEtY SOLE SE, Bit! pies eo le ad .97 per cent. 
ROTEL ea eRe eet ile eee 100.00 per cent. 
The Fresh Water Bay Field. Drilling inland from the bay has exposed 
several seams of coal, some of workable size. The coal is in the Oligocene- 
Miocene formation. So far no development work has been done. Below 
is a drill record from a hole in a deep guleh in a broad synelinal trough about 
one mile south of the eastern end of Fresh Water Bay: 
Feet. 
Dark Sandstone... orc tre oc Ne Pee ee bk eee 392 
GVOfs1 IRE AR Ore eta ey ane ene DATEL 205 Bh Aral ted we i 
GRY “SHNASTONG s.r nee cael one ka Om rae aro tte 24 
SOL whibersamadstone? cect ce ee Chee ee 17 
Sandstone contamine Oyster shells)ci si. seers. see 10 
Sandstone containing green boulders...............-. 10 
WALASLONG seh neers Mea MEE Tee oe te ree ete) Gone 4O 
NMAC VAL rat Ric eee oe Se eae rd MEARE ee 20 
Gray ‘Saridstone: Sein uisce st olen oo ae eee 40 
Hardzblue shale: cnc tte eh eee ee a eee 30, 
1Mines and Minerals of Washington. Ann. Report, First State Geological Survey 
pp. 15, 16, Olympia, 1891. 
