COAL. 1 1 7 



Ft In. 



■ 



Sandstone, laminatod 



Slato 2 



Coal 10 



Slato 10 



Sandstone, laminated ...•.50 



Slaty clay 8 



Sandstone .20 



Slato . 10 



Ferruginous sandstone 2 6 



Slaty clay • . ' . . . , . 6 



Ferruginoua sandstone ..... 2 



Slate 12 



Sandstone with ferruginous strata • . . 30 



Slaty clay ....... 1 6 



CoaZ (10 foet only exposed) • . . . 12 



Sandstone to bottom of canon. 



'' While Captain Colton was visiting tlie Blackmore bank, 

 Vliich is only four miles from Vermcjo Station, General 



aimer and myself^ nnder the guidance of Mr, O'Donnell, 



ere exploring Bremer Canon; the one immediately south of 

 he Yermejo Yalley. Five miles west of the stage road, we 

 aw several exposures, mostly obscured by land-slips. The 

 est of them showed 4 feet of good coal ; another, of probably 



e same bed, showed 3 feet. These beds seem to be a conti- 



nation of those observed in the Yermejo caiions. Continuing 



i)ur journey, we arrived at the hospitable residence of Mr. 



axwell about three o'clock in the afternoon." 



AlfALYSIS OF VEKilEJO CA2?0X CoAL, 



Fixed carbon 59-72 



Volatile matter 27-73 



Water 3-27 



Asli ia-28 



" The coal of Canon City," says Dr. Le Conte, in another 

 part of his report, '^ is so similar in. appearance and situation 

 to the beds I examined in the Yermejo Yalley, that I have no 

 4oubt that it belongs to the same series, and that the strata of 



