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AN AMERICAN GEOLOGICAL RAILWAY GUIDE. (KY.) 



Paducah and Eltzabethtown Railroad- 

 Ms. | Continued. 



76Rockport. 



77 Green River. 



80 Nelson Creek. 



86 OwensboroJn 18 



88 Muhlenberg. 



93 Greenville. 



98 Gordon. 

 103 Bakersport. 

 110 Norton June. 19 

 117 Woodruff. 80 

 125Tradewater. 81 

 134Scottsburg. 23 

 139 Princeton. 

 145 Dulaney. 

 151 Eddyville. 

 152Euttawa. 23 

 158 Cumberland Riv 

 163 St. Bernard. 

 168Calvert City. 

 176 Lawton's Bluff. 

 179 Clark's River. 

 187 Paducah. 12 



14 c. Upper Coal Mres. 

 " Mines. 



Mines. 



14 a. Millstone Grit. 

 13b. Sub-Garb. St. Los. 



13 ?.. Keokuk? 



20. Post Tertiary. 



Eastern Kentucky Railroad. 2 4 



Riverton. 85 

 Three Miles. 

 Worthington. 26 



6-IArgillite. 37 

 Laurel. 



14 b. Lower Coal Mres. 



14. Columbus. Interesting point. Bluffs 200 feet high, composed of clays and sands. At base 

 of bluff is a pure white sand, extending to about high water mark. Also excellent glass sand 

 above this, and superior fire and potters' clay. Near top of bluff quite a thickness of gravel, 

 equivalent of the Paducah gravel. (See Paducah, Note 12). 



15. Stephensburgh. About H miles west of this place St. Louis limestone comes to the surface 

 and continues, determining the topography and character of the soil to Elizabethtown. 



16. Big Clifty. The bluffs at Big Clifty Creek are composed of thick sandstone, base of the 

 Chester, resting on top of the St. Louis group of Sub-Carboniferous limestone. 



17. Litchfield. Sandstone here, base of the Chester group. Near this point are to be found the 

 Litchfield marls, rich in potash and phosphoric acid. 



18. Owensborough Junction. Coals A and B near level of road bed. 



19. Norton. Fault here. Coal D (No. 9) west and Coal A (No. 12) and B (No. 11) east of 



20. Woodruff Station. St. Charles Mines. Coal D (No. 9). 



21. Tradewater Station. Coal L. (No. 1, B), about 25 feet above road bed. 



22. Scottsburg. The hills around Scottsburg are capped with sandstone, base of the Chester 

 group; 2i miles east of Scottsburg the cuts through which the road runs expose the Chester group, 

 limestones and marly shales, the latter rich in potash; 3i miles east of Scottsburg the Conglomerate, 

 sandstone, base of the Coal Measures, is seen. 



23. Kuttawa. Three miles west of this station the road cuts through a thick deposit of excel- 

 lent limonite iron ore : to be seen on north side of cut. 



24. This railroad runs through the heart of the Kentucky division of the Hanging Kock Iron 

 Region. On the line of the road all of the coals are to be found, from No. 1 to No. 11, and most of 

 the iron ores. 



25. No. 1 Coal near water level. 



26. No. 3 Coal in the hills, about 150 feet above grade of road. 



27. Near site of Old Argillite Furnace, probably the oldest furnace in the Hanging Rock Iron 

 Region, erected in 1822. About 3 miles east of station is the Pennsylvania Furnace, and 3 miles 

 west the Buffalo Furnace. 



28. Hunnewell Furnace located here; also the machine and repair shops of the railroad. Mines 

 of No. 3 and No. 4 Coal, the latter known as the Hunnewell Cannel Coal. 



29. The former site of an old furnace of that name. 



30. The former site of an old furnace of that name. ' 



31. The county seat of Carter County. Coals No. 2 and No. 3 are found here. Iron Hills I ur- 

 nace, the largest charcoal furnace in this section, is situated about 8 miles northwest from Grayson. 

 where also is the celebrated Lambert Ore Bank, a local deposit, 14 feet 10 inches thick of great 

 value. Thirteen miles west of Grayson are the celebrated Carter Caves, situated in the St. Louis 

 group of the Sub-Carboniferous limestone. These caves and the wild scenery of Tigart Valley, 

 surrounding them, are well worth visiting. 



32. Near here is Mount Savage Furnace, and fine veins of Coals No. 3 and No. 7, the latter 

 known as the Coalton Coal. 



