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  Geological 
  Survey 
  of 
  IvOuisiana 
  [Sect, 
  

  

  and 
  easterly 
  to 
  Red 
  land 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  elevated 
  expanse 
  of 
  ferru- 
  

   ginous 
  "red-lands." 
  

  

  Three 
  miles 
  east 
  of 
  these 
  bluffs 
  he 
  records 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  

   marine 
  shells 
  in 
  shallow 
  wells. 
  

  

  Red 
  land 
  area. 
  — 
  He 
  reports 
  iron 
  ore 
  in 
  the 
  N.W. 
  %, 
  S. 
  E. 
  )^, 
  

   S. 
  28, 
  22 
  N., 
  12 
  W. 
  AgaininN.W. 
  ^, 
  S.W. 
  ^, 
  Sec. 
  20, 
  23 
  N., 
  

   12 
  W., 
  where 
  casts 
  of 
  fossils 
  occur. 
  Sections 
  18, 
  and 
  26, 
  22 
  

   N., 
  12 
  W., 
  contain 
  ores 
  and 
  fossils. 
  

  

  The 
  Red 
  land 
  region 
  was 
  visited 
  and 
  reported 
  upon 
  by 
  Har- 
  

   ris* 
  in 
  the 
  Arkansas 
  Survey 
  Report 
  for 
  1892. 
  The 
  Pope 
  Joy 
  

   cut 
  and 
  that 
  at 
  Roberta, 
  on 
  the 
  St. 
  L,. 
  S. 
  W. 
  R. 
  R, 
  are 
  described 
  

   in 
  a 
  detailed 
  manner. 
  Fossils 
  from 
  the 
  red 
  land 
  area 
  are 
  

   named. 
  

  

  Bellevue. 
  — 
  East 
  of 
  Ivake 
  Bodcaw 
  other 
  red 
  lands 
  appear. 
  

   They 
  are 
  described 
  by 
  Johnson 
  and 
  Veatch. 
  The 
  former 
  says 
  : 
  

   In 
  southern 
  Bossier 
  is 
  an 
  island-like 
  mass 
  of 
  hilly 
  older 
  Tertiary 
  

   material 
  entirely 
  surrounded 
  by 
  comparatively 
  level 
  upland 
  flats 
  

   of 
  probable 
  Port 
  Hudson 
  age. 
  Bellevue, 
  Fillmore 
  and 
  Haugh- 
  

   ton 
  are 
  situated 
  two 
  miles 
  from 
  Bellevue 
  ; 
  iron 
  sandstone 
  and 
  

   iron 
  concretions 
  abound 
  along 
  the 
  roads. 
  A 
  few 
  poor 
  fossils 
  were 
  

   collected 
  here 
  but 
  hardly 
  enough 
  to 
  prove 
  the 
  age 
  of 
  the 
  bed. 
  

   About 
  Fillmore 
  there 
  are 
  a 
  few 
  poor 
  fossils 
  in 
  iron 
  concretions. 
  

  

  Johnson's 
  section, 
  from 
  a 
  deep 
  wash 
  below 
  the 
  jail 
  at 
  Bellevue 
  

   shows 
  well 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  this 
  region. 
  It 
  is 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Reddish 
  surface 
  clay 
  and 
  sand 
  with 
  some 
  fragments 
  of 
  

  

  geodes 
  30 
  ft. 
  

  

  2. 
  White 
  clay 
  and 
  sand 
  20 
  ft. 
  

  

  3. 
  Stratum 
  of 
  sand 
  i 
  ft. 
  

  

  4. 
  Dark 
  lignitic 
  sand 
  15 
  ft. 
  

  

  5. 
  Blue 
  greensand 
  2 
  ft. 
  

  

  6. 
  "Soapstone," 
  i. 
  e., 
  laminated 
  smooth 
  brown 
  clay, 
  of 
  

  

  which 
  there 
  can 
  be 
  seen 
  to 
  main 
  stream 
  of 
  branch, 
  

   where 
  there 
  is 
  an 
  alluvial 
  bed 
  one 
  mile 
  from 
  Lake 
  

   Bodcaw, 
  only 
  6 
  ft. 
  

  

  *Ann'l 
  Report, 
  Geol. 
  Surv., 
  Ark., 
  1892, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  pp. 
  179-180, 
  Pub. 
  1894. 
  

  

  