﻿II] 
  General 
  Geology 
  : 
  Lower 
  Claiborne 
  Eocene 
  79 
  

  

  Rather 
  abrupt 
  ascents 
  and 
  descents 
  are 
  frequently 
  met 
  with 
  

   between 
  St. 
  Maurice 
  and 
  Congo 
  P.O. 
  In 
  these 
  regions 
  the 
  soil 
  

   is 
  sandy 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  but 
  more 
  clayey 
  in 
  the 
  bottoms. 
  A 
  mile 
  

   or 
  so 
  north 
  of 
  Congo, 
  Lower 
  Claiborne 
  beds 
  are 
  met 
  with, 
  

   characterized 
  by 
  white 
  limy 
  concretionary 
  lumps, 
  a 
  light 
  

   yellowish 
  soil, 
  very 
  teuaceous 
  when 
  wet, 
  boulders 
  of 
  light 
  yel- 
  

   lowish 
  limestone, 
  with 
  fossils, 
  and 
  the 
  usual 
  scrubby 
  growth 
  of 
  

   trees. 
  Some 
  beds 
  have 
  already 
  been 
  noted 
  on 
  p. 
  71 
  south 
  of 
  

   Mr. 
  Kieffer's. 
  

  

  Couley. 
  — 
  The 
  more 
  ferruginous 
  layers 
  of 
  the 
  Lower 
  Claiborne 
  

   are 
  well 
  exposed 
  on 
  the 
  hills 
  near 
  Couley, 
  S. 
  10, 
  10 
  N. 
  5 
  W. 
  

   In 
  the 
  stream 
  beds, 
  many 
  exposures 
  of 
  bluish 
  clayey 
  marl 
  were 
  

   noticed 
  and 
  samples 
  were 
  collected 
  for 
  analysis. 
  

  

  Coochie 
  brake. 
  — 
  East 
  of 
  Coochie 
  brake 
  the 
  summits 
  of 
  the 
  

   hills 
  are 
  in 
  the 
  neighborhood 
  of 
  60-90 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  brake 
  and 
  

   show 
  now 
  and 
  then 
  great 
  masses 
  of 
  red 
  sandy 
  iron 
  ore 
  concre- 
  

   tions, 
  or 
  chunks 
  ; 
  but 
  no 
  fossils 
  were 
  observed 
  in 
  them. 
  The 
  

   region 
  is 
  generally 
  sandy, 
  and 
  long-leaf 
  pine 
  is 
  abundant. 
  

  

  Win7ijield. 
  — 
  On 
  approaching 
  Winnfield 
  from 
  the 
  Brake, 
  after 
  

   passing 
  over 
  long 
  stretch 
  of 
  fairly 
  level 
  country, 
  broken 
  now 
  

   and 
  then 
  in 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  streams, 
  a 
  somewhat 
  varied 
  region 
  

   is 
  reached 
  about 
  8 
  miles 
  from 
  Winnfield. 
  It 
  is 
  not, 
  however, 
  

   until 
  the 
  5 
  mile-board 
  is 
  nearly 
  reached 
  that 
  the 
  calcareous 
  red 
  

   beds 
  crop 
  out 
  along 
  the 
  road. 
  There 
  are 
  here 
  veritable 
  red 
  lands, 
  

   but 
  of 
  what 
  extent 
  it 
  is 
  not 
  possible 
  at 
  present 
  to 
  state. 
  

   Similar, 
  though 
  far 
  less 
  fossiliferous 
  layers 
  are 
  found 
  within 
  

   four 
  miles 
  of 
  Winnfield 
  in 
  the 
  road, 
  but 
  the 
  most 
  abundantly 
  

   fossiliferous 
  layers 
  are 
  found 
  to 
  the 
  northward 
  towards 
  the 
  

   " 
  Marble 
  " 
  quarry 
  (see 
  Fig. 
  3, 
  p. 
  57). 
  

  

  About 
  Winnfield 
  no 
  traces 
  of 
  red 
  land 
  were 
  seen. 
  Good 
  brick 
  

   clay, 
  however, 
  abounds, 
  and 
  the 
  Court 
  house 
  stands 
  as 
  a 
  witness 
  

   of 
  the 
  good 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  clay. 
  

  

  Lerch, 
  notes 
  the 
  occurrence, 
  of 
  marl 
  and 
  " 
  rotten 
  shells 
  " 
  

   in 
  the 
  material 
  thrown 
  out 
  in 
  digging 
  wells 
  in 
  this 
  vicinity. 
  

  

  New 
  Hope 
  church. 
  — 
  About 
  one-half 
  mile 
  northwest 
  of 
  this 
  

   church 
  (11 
  N., 
  4 
  W., 
  near 
  the 
  house 
  of 
  John 
  Neil), 
  numer- 
  

   ous 
  ferruginous 
  concretions 
  are 
  to 
  be 
  seen. 
  They 
  are 
  replete 
  

   with 
  casts 
  and 
  impressions 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  gastropod 
  ( 
  Turritelld) 
  . 
  

  

  