with the Tennessee river, would provide ample means of trans- 

 portation for the rock or for the finished product. Analysis of 

 the rock from the Fossick quarries is given in Table A. 



In Browns Valley south of Brooksville the Mountain lime- 

 stone is the prevailing reck across the valley, and at Bangor 

 and Blount Springs, on the Louisville! and Nashville Railroad, 

 there are extensive quarries which have been worked for many 

 years to supply rock for fluxing purposes to the furnaces of the 

 Birmingham district. Analyses Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9, 

 Table A, show the composition of average samples from these 

 quarries ; 5 to 9, inclusive, are of carload samples. 



From Brooksville to the Tennessee line a great thickness of 

 this limestone is exposed along the western escarpment of Sand 

 Mountain, below the sandstones of the Coal Measures, which 

 there cap the mountain. In this area the river runs near the 

 foot of the mountain and would afford the means of transpor- 

 tation. 



In similar manner the lower Carboniferous limestone out- 

 crops along the western flank of Lookout Mountain in Little 

 Wills Valley, from near Attalla to the Georgia line, and south 

 of Attalla it forms the lower part of the escarpments of Blount 

 and Chandlers Mountains. The Alabama Great Southern Rail- 

 road passes very near to the outcrop from the Georgia line down 

 to Springville, Ala. South of Springville large outcrops oc- 

 cur in Shades Valley, and at Trussville are quarries which hav;e 

 supplied the Birmingham furnaces. Analyses 10 to 17, inclu- 

 sive. Table A, are of material from Trussville; and analyses 12 

 to 17, inclusive, represent average samples from carload lots 

 delivered to the furnace. 



In Murphrees Valley the main outcrop of this rock is on the 

 western side, and quarries at Compton have for many years 

 been worked to supply the Birmingham furnaces. Analyses 

 i8 } 19, and 20, Table A, of the rock from these quarries show 

 somewhat varying composition, but by proper selection suitable 

 material could be easily obtained. 



In the valleys lying east of Shades Valley and in parts of 

 Shades Valley itself this formation becomes one of prevailing 

 shales and sandstones and the limestones are of limited occur- 

 rence and of inferior quality. 



Trenton limestone. The Trenton limestone outcrops in Ala- 

 bama in three principle areas. In the Tennessee River Valley 



