THE BLOUNT MOUNTAIN COAL FIELD. 25 



Location in N. W. of S. W. of S. 33, T. 13, Kange 1 east. 

 This coal is of a little better quality than the seam in the 

 Cowden Gap. 



On the north side of the Blackburn Warrior in N. W. of 

 N. W. of S. 4, T. 14, E. 1 east, another opening apparently 

 on the same seam gave this 



SECTION : 



Roof, dark slate 



COAL, fair 30 inches. 



Shale, parting 3 inches. 



COAL, good 12 inches. 



Bed Rock, sandstone. 



In the Waide Gap in the N. E. of S. E. of S. 27, T. 13, E. 

 1 east is a seam of coal which has been worked, and tested 

 for some years past to a small extent, and known as the 

 Wnlde Seam. This seam crops out 1,000 feet southeast of 

 the vertical rocks of Straight Mountain. Its opening shows 

 a slight northwest dip, which is doubtless produced by a 

 small local wave. Coal of better quality than at the open- 

 ings previously mentioned. It shows the following 



SECTION : 



Cap Rock, hard, curly sandstone 10 feet. 



Slate, nearly black 25 feet. 



COAL 2 feet 2 inches. 



Slate, soft 2 inches. 



COAL 1 foot 4 inches. 



Under Clay, dark 4 inches. 



Bed Rock, dark sand-stone. 



This coal gives a red ash, cokes reasonably well, is hard 

 and glossy, with mainly cubical fracture. It has generally 

 been regarded as identical with the Cowden Seam, yet as 

 many points of difference, as of agreement with that seam, 



