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its normal position, and more than 80 feet below the Woodward 

 Seam next above it, yet no evidence of an intervening seam 

 was found between them, where the upper member of the 

 Armstrong Seam properly belonged. It is probable that 

 this seam either divides or terminates near this place. It 

 was not traced or recognized southwest of the range line 

 between ranges 1 and 2 east. 



To the northeast of S. 20, T. 13 of R. 2 E., its position is 

 very plainly indicated by its very prominent cap-rock, 

 through the remainder of this basin till it passes beneath 

 the divide between this and the Locust Fork basin. Its 

 cap-rock is again seen in S. 20, T. 12, R. 3 E., near the Locust 

 Fork, and finally on the edge of Dry Creek, in S. 19, T. 11, 

 R. 4 E., at the very edge of the uplift that makes the rim 

 of Bristow's Cove. It is here about 40 feet above the guide 

 seam, or [["'///>-// Hmju^s Seam last described. It may be 

 of workable thickness here, though its outcrop showed only 

 18 inches of coal. 



Where first opened in the X. E. J of S. 17, T. 13, R. 2 

 E., this seam presented the following 



SECTION: 



Cap-rock, hard, solid, shaly on surface 15 feet. 



Roof, bluish slate, and reddish shale 4 feet. 



COAL 4 inches. 



Slate and black band 6 inches. 



COAL 7 inches. 



Clay 7 inches. 



Coal 8 inches. 



Slate and pyrite 2 inches. 



Coal 6 inches. 



Under clay . 



Whole thickness of seam here 40 inches, exclusive of roof- 

 ing-slate, and under clay ample thickness for mining, but 

 there were too many partings, and the character of the coal 

 was not satisfactory. 



