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appeared and at GO feet water was obtained in sand. Lignite is said to be found 

 in the neighborhood in several places. At Daloville, lignitic clays are near the 

 surface, and appear, more or less, all the way to Marion, Lauderdale county, 

 where we reach the northern edge of the marino Tertiary, as given on the map. 

 On Sowashee Creek, 2}£ miles N. of Marion, we find on a hillside the following 

 sestion : 



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SECTION ON SOWASHEE CREEK, LAUDERDALE COUNTY. 



Silicified wood is very common all over N. Lauderdale. 



179. The fossiliferous sandstone containing Venericardia planicosta, Monoceros, 

 and other fossils of the Claiborne Group, is found on or near the summit of the 

 ridge at Marion; while wells dug on the ridge penetrate into lignitic clays and 

 lignite beds. In a deep cut on the N. E. & S. W. Alal ama R. R., E. of 

 Marion, on Mr. Spear's contract, the Lignitic formation underlying the fossilife 

 rous sandstone, exhibits the following section : 



