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  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  Louisiana 
  [Sect. 
  

  

  some 
  few 
  interruptions, 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  mouth 
  of 
  the 
  Negreet 
  

   to 
  Natchitoches. 
  

  

  Leech 
  neighborhood. 
  — 
  Going 
  towards 
  Many 
  from 
  Simpkins' 
  

   place, 
  one 
  follows 
  nearly 
  the 
  trend 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  lands. 
  But 
  they 
  

   are 
  often 
  obscured 
  by 
  the 
  overlying 
  sandstone 
  deposits 
  men- 
  

   tioned 
  above. 
  

  

  Near 
  the 
  Church 
  and 
  again 
  in 
  the 
  Leech 
  community 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   fields 
  are 
  of 
  an 
  astonishingly 
  red 
  color, 
  and 
  the 
  red 
  rock 
  frag- 
  

   ments 
  seem 
  to 
  cover 
  the 
  fields. 
  Likewise 
  on 
  toward 
  the 
  east, 
  by 
  

   Jas. 
  Leech's, 
  the 
  red 
  beds 
  are 
  very 
  strongly 
  developed. 
  Perhaps 
  

   one-fourth 
  mile 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  last 
  mentioned 
  place 
  fragments 
  of 
  

   slightly 
  yellowish 
  white 
  limestone 
  occur 
  in 
  a 
  little 
  depression 
  

   that 
  crosses 
  the 
  Many 
  road. 
  This 
  is 
  associated 
  with 
  a 
  few 
  feet 
  

   of 
  whitish 
  marl, 
  as 
  at 
  Natchitoches. 
  About 
  7 
  miles 
  from 
  Many, 
  

   or 
  2 
  miles 
  N. 
  E. 
  of 
  Jas. 
  Leech's, 
  the 
  red 
  lands 
  cease 
  abruptly 
  on 
  

   the 
  Many 
  road, 
  and 
  the 
  Lignitic 
  sands, 
  with 
  slight 
  but 
  constant 
  

   slope 
  to 
  the 
  south, 
  furnish 
  broad 
  expanses 
  on 
  which 
  flourishes 
  

   the 
  long-leaf 
  pine. 
  About 
  the 
  sole 
  associate 
  of 
  the 
  latter 
  seems 
  

   to 
  be 
  the 
  hardy 
  ill-formed 
  black-jack 
  oak. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  occasional 
  abrupt 
  descents 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  where 
  the 
  

   edges 
  of 
  the 
  southward 
  dipping 
  strata 
  come 
  near 
  the 
  surface. 
  

   Some 
  of 
  these 
  beds 
  are 
  clayey, 
  wet 
  and 
  cold. 
  They 
  are 
  charac- 
  

   terized 
  by 
  the 
  usual 
  varieties 
  of 
  oak 
  and 
  short-leaved 
  pine. 
  Then 
  

   another 
  sand-covered 
  gentle 
  slope 
  to 
  the 
  south 
  occurs 
  whereon 
  

   luxuriates 
  the 
  long-peaf 
  pine. 
  

  

  South 
  of 
  Many. 
  — 
  The 
  railroad 
  cuts 
  south 
  of 
  Many 
  are 
  

   referred 
  to 
  in 
  several 
  places 
  in 
  this 
  report. 
  

  

  For 
  some 
  distance 
  they 
  show 
  nothing 
  but 
  sands 
  and 
  clays 
  of 
  

   the 
  Lignitic 
  period. 
  But, 
  perhaps 
  4 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  the 
  station, 
  

   the 
  Lower 
  Clairborne 
  beds 
  come 
  in 
  showing 
  a 
  marked 
  uncon- 
  

   formity 
  with 
  the 
  Lignitic 
  strata 
  below. 
  

  

  Fossiliferous 
  red 
  lands 
  were 
  seen 
  by 
  Veatch 
  two 
  miles 
  still 
  

   farther 
  south 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  railroad. 
  

  

  (Natchitoches 
  Parish) 
  

  

  Victoria 
  Mills. 
  — 
  Indurated 
  calcareous 
  beds 
  crop 
  out 
  in 
  the 
  log 
  

   tram-way 
  back 
  of 
  these 
  mills. 
  From 
  a 
  soft 
  layer 
  below 
  these 
  

  

  