﻿II] 
  General 
  Geology 
  : 
  Lower 
  Claiborne 
  Eocene 
  87 
  

  

  (Webster 
  Parish.) 
  

  

  Minden. 
  — 
  On 
  the 
  west 
  side 
  of 
  Crow 
  creek 
  in 
  the 
  Homer- 
  Min- 
  

   den 
  road, 
  gravel 
  appears 
  on 
  hillsides. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  generally 
  a 
  

   shade 
  lighter 
  and 
  more 
  yellow 
  than 
  on 
  the 
  red 
  lands. 
  

  

  From 
  eight 
  miles 
  northeast 
  of 
  Minden 
  the 
  gravel 
  is 
  quite 
  com- 
  

   mon. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  red 
  or 
  yellowish-red 
  and 
  rather 
  sandy. 
  The 
  

   relief 
  is 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  the 
  bottoms 
  quite 
  wide, 
  in 
  marked 
  con- 
  

   trast 
  to 
  the 
  red 
  land 
  topography 
  about 
  Homer. 
  

  

  Exposures 
  of 
  gray 
  clay 
  are 
  common 
  about 
  Minden. 
  Going 
  

   north 
  from 
  Minden 
  on 
  the 
  Minden-Sykes 
  ferry 
  road 
  the 
  most 
  

   noticeable 
  thing 
  is 
  the 
  great 
  abundance 
  of 
  gravel. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  a 
  

   fine 
  gray 
  sand 
  and 
  occasionally 
  gray 
  loam. 
  Red 
  sandy 
  soil 
  is 
  

   comparatively 
  rare. 
  

  

  Northern 
  part 
  of 
  parish. 
  — 
  One 
  mile 
  north 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Sam. 
  Mem's 
  

   house 
  (S. 
  W. 
  ^, 
  N. 
  E. 
  ^, 
  Sec. 
  19, 
  20 
  N., 
  8 
  W.) 
  the 
  road 
  passes 
  

   into 
  what 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  bottom, 
  but 
  which 
  turns 
  out 
  to 
  be 
  

   the 
  second 
  bottom. 
  The 
  bottom 
  of 
  Flat 
  Lick 
  creek 
  is 
  nearly, 
  if 
  

   not, 
  a 
  mile 
  wide. 
  On 
  the 
  Lewisville-Minden 
  road 
  at 
  the 
  13 
  mile- 
  

   board 
  a 
  very 
  red 
  sandy 
  soil 
  sets 
  in. 
  

  

  This 
  red 
  sandy 
  soil 
  continues 
  to 
  the 
  red-land 
  hills, 
  of 
  which 
  it 
  

   forms 
  an 
  outlier. 
  The 
  red 
  hills 
  rise 
  very 
  abruptly 
  above 
  the 
  sur- 
  

   rounding 
  country. 
  They 
  are 
  covered 
  with 
  ferruginous 
  concre- 
  

   tions 
  and 
  sandstone. 
  The 
  summits 
  of 
  the 
  hills 
  are 
  210 
  feet 
  above 
  

   Black 
  creek. 
  North 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  hills, 
  which 
  are 
  from 
  a 
  mile 
  to 
  

   two 
  miles 
  across, 
  the 
  land 
  is 
  reddish 
  yellow 
  sand 
  or 
  sandy 
  clay 
  

   with 
  occasional 
  patches 
  of 
  gray 
  "dirt" 
  land. 
  

  

  In 
  a 
  little 
  branch 
  one-half 
  a 
  mile 
  northeast 
  of 
  Leton 
  (Leton 
  is 
  

   a 
  new 
  post-office 
  in 
  the 
  N.W. 
  %, 
  Sec. 
  36, 
  22 
  N., 
  9W.) 
  in 
  a 
  small 
  

   branch 
  the 
  following 
  section 
  is 
  exposed 
  : 
  

  

  1. 
  Gray 
  " 
  dirt 
  land," 
  a 
  sandy 
  loam 
  2 
  ft. 
  

  

  2. 
  Gravel 
  and 
  reddish 
  rock 
  i 
  ft. 
  

  

  3. 
  Iron 
  sandstone 
  i 
  ft. 
  

  

  4. 
  Green 
  sand 
  with 
  little 
  white 
  spots 
  of 
  lime, 
  no 
  shells 
  . 
  . 
  . 
  i 
  ft. 
  

  

  5. 
  Slate-colored 
  clay 
  to 
  water 
  level 
  i 
  ft. 
  

  

  A 
  mottled 
  gray 
  and 
  red 
  clay, 
  representing 
  the 
  Arcadia 
  clays, 
  

  

  is 
  seen 
  in 
  nearly 
  all 
  the 
  road 
  gullies, 
  about 
  half-way 
  up 
  the 
  sides 
  

   of 
  the 
  hills. 
  Gravel 
  is 
  seen 
  here 
  and 
  there, 
  and 
  is 
  quite 
  common 
  

   near 
  Shongaloo. 
  

  

  