CHAPTER III. 



PAGE. 



Miscellaneous 53 



Gold 53 



Copper Ore and Pyrite 56 



Graphite 58 



Mica 59 



Corundum, Asbestos, and Soapstone 60 



Lead Ore 61 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



Mineral Paints 62 



Ochres 62 



Barite 62 



Tripoli, or Polishing Powder 63 



Copperas, Alum, and Epsom Salts 63 



Nitre 64 



Phosphates 64 



Silurian Formation 64 



Cretaceous Formation 65 



Tertiary Formation 66 



Building Stones 66 



Limestones 66 



Sandstones 67 



Granites and other Igneous Rocks 67 



Paving and Curb Stones 68 



Slates 6S 



Sands 68 



Road and Ballast Materials 69 



Chert 69 



Pebbles 70 



Broken Stone 70 



Millstones, Grindstones, and Whetstones 70 



Asphaltum, Maltha, Petroleum, and Natural Gas 70 



Mineral Waters 72 



Soils 74 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Geological Map of Alabama. Frontispiece. 



Plate I Outcrop of Red Mountain Ore Seam at Ishkooda, 



Jefferson County, to face page 11 



Plate II Greely Open Cut, Brown Ore Mine, Goethite, Tusca- 



loosa County, to face page . : 17 



Plate III Section of Blue Creek Coal Seam, Tenn. C., I. & R. 



R. Company's Mine, Jefferson County, to face page. ..... 24 



Plate IV Dolomite Quarry at Doloite, Jefferson County, to f?^ce 



page ". 28 



Plate V Bluff of Selma Chalk, right bank of Tombigbee River 



at Demopolis, to face page 47 



Plate VI St. Stephens Bluff, Tombigbee River, Washington 



County, to face page 50 



