100 GEOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF ALABAMA CLAYS. 



One and a half miles south of these Springs, there 

 is a railroad cut 85 feet in depth, the largest cut on 

 the road, (K. C. M. & B.) 110 miles from Birming- 

 ham. In this cut we find the following section : 



Sections along K. C. M. & B. R. R., Lamar Co, 



Yellow loam 5 feet 



Yellow sand 15 feet 



Yellow sand with streaks of clay 5 feet 



Blue micaceous clay, sample No. 11, A 5 feet 



Half a mile further west another section : 



Yellow clay 5 feet 



Ferruginous sandstone, used for ballast 10 feet 



Yellow sand 20 feet 



Clay with sandy layers 8 feet 



Compact b'ue micaceous clay, sandy 12 feet 



At mile post 111, the section is : 



Red clay 10 feet 



Banded red and white r ay 10 feet 



Pore, sand 10 feet 



Half a mile west of the 111 mile post, the section is : 



Red loam of the Larayette formation > 5 feet 



Bright yellow sand 30 feet 



Clay 2 feet 



lAght yellow sandy clay 20 feet 



Red and white clay 5 feet 



Near the State line, on the Kansas City, Memphis 

 and Birmingham Kailroad, 3 miles from Sulligent on 

 the west side of Buttahatchie.a pottery has been oper- 

 ated. At Sulligent, Fleming W. Cribbs has lately 

 started a pottery. He is a son of Peter Cribbs and 

 nephew of Daniel Cribbs. His clay bed is one-half 

 mile east of Sulligent and is 4 feet thick, and white. 

 He says that Irs father carried on the business from 

 1838 to 1853 when he died, and his widow continued 

 the work to 1863, his account agreeing with that of 

 the negro, Captain, nearly as to time of operation, 



