1894.] 299 [Lyman. 



The same bed was opened in 1872, near the schoolhouse of the left fork 

 of Lens Creek, and had the following section from above downward : 



FT. IX. FT. IN. 



Brownish-gray sand rock, exposed, about 2 6 



Coal, bituminous, firm and good 2 9 ^ 



Bony coal or slate 0^ [■ 4 0^ 



Coal, bituminous, firm and good 1 3 J 



Slate, exposed about 3 



6 ^ 



The coal seems to be of fine quality. 



The same bed was formerly opened at Fry's Coal Bank, still partially 

 accessible in 1873, and had the following section from above downward : 



FT. IN. 



"Slate roof of unknown thickness." 



Coal, bituminous, very firm, good 3 3 



" Slate bottom." 



Near the mouth of the drift the coal has a quarter-inch of slate at a 

 foot or fifteen inches from the bottom ; but the slate is said to disappear 

 further in. 



The same bed was opened rather imperfectly on Stewart's Branch, 

 nearly three quarters of a mile southwest of the forks of Lens Creek and 

 had the following section from above downward : 



FT. IN. 



Gray and black shales about 10 



Gray sand with some particles of coal mixed 4 



Coal, bituminous 2 



Hard, brownish-gray sand rock. 



12 4 



The same bed, apparently, was opened in 1872, in Peels' Hollow, with 

 the following section from above dov/nward : 



FT. IN. 



Loam. 



Brown shales about 2 2 



Coal, bituminous 6^ 



Fireclay. 



2 8^ 



But, perhaps, the coal bed was not fully exposed ; or possibly, by an 

 error of the aneroid level, this may be the representative of the Black- 

 smith Coal Bed. 



Imperfect openings of the same bed were also made nearly opposite 

 Nuby's, on the Left Fork of Lens Creek, where only two feet are exposed 



