106 GEOLOGICAL RELATIONS OF ALABAMA CLAYS. 



It is, however, in Townships 9 and 10 and Ranges 

 11, 12 and 13, that we find the most important de- 

 posits of clay in this county. The typical locality of 

 its occurrence is at Chalk Bluff, which gets its name 

 from the white clay. Specimens collected by myself 

 were analyzed by Dr. Win. B. Phillips and results 

 published in the Coastal Plain report, page 346. Dr. 

 Little's sample was collected on the land of J. J. Mit- 

 chell, in northeast quarter of Section 8, Township 10, 

 Range 13, from a bed five feet in thickness. The an- 

 alysis of this is given below under No. 38, S., and on 

 the same page Dr. Phillips' analysis is reprinted. 

 This locality gives the name to the postoffice. In the 

 same quarter section, Dr. Little has collected a 

 sample from Briggs Frederick's land, and the analysis 

 of this is given by Dr. Ries under No. 37, S. 



Another sample from the same locality from land 

 of Mrs. Susan Nelson, has been examined by Dr. Ries 

 (his number 85). The same clay is reported by Dr. 

 Little as occurring southwest of Chalk Bluff at M. E. 

 Gassett's, Section 13. Township 13, Range 10, as well 

 as at a number of localities within a radius of five or 

 six miles around Chalk Bluff. This clay is hard and 

 white, approaching pure kaolin in composition. It is 

 in a bed, five to seven feet in thickness, and needs only 

 facilities for transportation to become one of 'the most 

 valuable deposits in the State. 



Between Pikeville and Hamilton, clays are of fre- 

 quent occurrence, one of these near the former place 

 and some ten miles from Hamilton, collected by Dr. 

 Little has been analyzed by Dr. Ries, (No. 65, S.) 



Westward from Hamilton to the Mississippi line 

 and beyond, Dr. Little reports many occurrences of 

 clay of various qualities. From the vicinity of 

 Bexar, three samples of clay have been collected by 



