THE BLOUNT MOUNTAIN COAL FIELD. 31 



Sand rock of various grades to top of 1st 



or Lower Conglomerate 56 feet. 



Whole thickness of upper measures 3,415 feet. 



And of lower measures (see section) '. . . . . 800 " 



Making whole depth of this Coal Field 4,215 " 



SECTION IV. 

 DESCRIPTION OF COAL SEAMS. 



DETAILS. 



Seam No. 1, called the Peacock Seam from the iridescent 

 sheen, or luster of part of its coal, was not discovered till 

 near the close of the work in this field. It hence was not 

 as fully tested and traced out as could have been desired. 

 It was first discovered by digging a small pit on the lands 

 of John C. Martin in S. 8, T. 14, B. 2 east, and in sinking a 

 well in the southeast corner of said section ; the seam was 

 dug through near its outcrop. It was there 19 inches thick, 

 solid coal, of very fine quality. This was 12 feet below the 

 outer edge of the cap rock, and was not there considered a 

 fair test of the thickness of this seam. It is believed from 

 all the observed indications that this seam, when fully 

 tested, will be found to be of workable thickness, and an 

 important seam of coal. Indications of this seam could be 

 traced southwest for about half a mile only, from the place 

 where it was discovered. The rocks with which it is asso- 

 ciated gradually thin out, and were not found any further in 

 that direction. 



Toward the northeast plain evidences of it were found as 

 far as the Win. Walker Gap in S. 34, T. 12, E. 3 east. It 

 may not extend the whole length of the field. Probably it 

 will be found only in that portion where the strata between 

 the First and Second Conglomerates are thickest in townships 

 12, 13 and 14 of ranges 2 and 3 east. Over this part of the 



