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  That 
  near 
  the 
  Big 
  Black, 
  Section 
  47, 
  Township 
  13, 
  

   Eange 
  2 
  E., 
  in 
  Claiborne 
  County, 
  visited 
  in 
  June, 
  1852, 
  

   reveals 
  itself 
  on 
  the 
  bluff 
  bank 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  branch, 
  about 
  

   five 
  feet 
  above 
  its 
  bed, 
  and 
  some 
  fifty 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  

   general 
  surface, 
  filling 
  a 
  space 
  of 
  about 
  two 
  feet 
  between 
  

   two 
  strata 
  of 
  the 
  Grand 
  Gulf 
  sandstone. 
  The 
  horizontal 
  

   range 
  of 
  its 
  outcropping 
  could 
  not 
  be 
  traced 
  more 
  than 
  

   thirty 
  feet 
  ; 
  the 
  deposit 
  is 
  quite 
  compact, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  

   appearance 
  of 
  decayed 
  vegetable 
  matter 
  greatly 
  com- 
  

   pressed 
  by 
  the 
  rock 
  in 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  imbedded, 
  and 
  the 
  

   superincumbent 
  soil. 
  

  

  Traces 
  or 
  impressions 
  of 
  water 
  plants, 
  or 
  flags 
  of 
  in- 
  

   ferior 
  growth 
  resembling 
  blades 
  of 
  grass, 
  are 
  detected 
  

   in 
  it. 
  

  

  The 
  deposit 
  on 
  the 
  lands 
  of 
  General 
  Miles, 
  near 
  Chula 
  

   Lake, 
  Section 
  7, 
  Township 
  14, 
  Range 
  1 
  E., 
  in 
  Holmes 
  

   County, 
  has 
  been 
  frequently 
  spoken 
  of 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  

   have 
  seen 
  it, 
  and 
  in 
  favorable 
  lerms. 
  I 
  have 
  not 
  yet 
  

   examined 
  or 
  procured 
  specimens 
  from 
  it. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  same 
  county, 
  and 
  not 
  distant 
  from 
  this, 
  is 
  an- 
  

   other 
  bed 
  on 
  Funnigusha 
  Creek, 
  to 
  the 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  cross- 
  

   ing 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  road 
  near 
  Coconover's 
  old 
  stand. 
  

  

  In 
  Hinds 
  County, 
  Mr. 
  Fairchilds 
  informs 
  me, 
  that 
  in 
  

   sinking 
  a 
  well 
  on 
  Section 
  11, 
  Township 
  4, 
  Range 
  3 
  W., 
  

   he 
  encountered 
  a 
  bed 
  of 
  considerable 
  thickness, 
  thirty- 
  

   five 
  feet 
  below 
  the 
  surface. 
  Similar 
  deposits 
  have 
  been 
  

   noticed 
  by 
  myself 
  or 
  others 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  localities 
  : 
  

   In 
  Rankin 
  County, 
  near 
  Partin's 
  Ferry, 
  on 
  Pearl 
  River. 
  

   On 
  Section 
  30, 
  Township 
  11, 
  Range 
  12 
  E., 
  near 
  Phila- 
  

   delphia, 
  Neshoba 
  County. 
  On 
  Snow 
  Creek, 
  Section 
  7, 
  

   Township 
  4, 
  Range 
  1 
  E., 
  seven 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Salem, 
  

   in 
  Tippah 
  County; 
  and 
  at 
  McElroy's 
  mill 
  on 
  Turkey 
  

   Creek, 
  in 
  Yellobusha 
  County. 
  . 
  

  

  Traces 
  of 
  lignite 
  are 
  also 
  seen 
  on 
  the 
  Homochitto, 
  a 
  

  

  