1195, 190, 197] UAN — PALLING CREEK. 



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at Smith's Spring immediately overlies the gray laminated clay of this section, 

 the difference of level would give it about 10 to 12 fee. thickness. 



195. S. of Quitman, we rind the same marl cropping out on a branch 2 miles 

 from town. Tnen, at the crossing oi Falling Creek, 4J^ ms. in the same direc- 

 tion, we obtain the following section : 



(Sec. 25.) 



SECTION ON FALLING CREEK, S. OP QJITMAN, CLARKE CO. 



The oysters mentioned in No. 3 of thiss3ction, are thaonly fossils seen here — 

 occurring more or less, in all the materials exh bited. 



I have not observed any outcrops S. of this, although the appearance of the 

 Poplar (Lvrio&enirori), Wild Plum, and Crab Apple in the gullies, still indicates 

 the presence of the calcareous strata. 



196. Beds intervening between the Claiborne and Jackson Groups. — Where the 

 Quitman and Winchester road crosses Coonupy Creek, on S. 5, T. 1, R 16 E., 

 the blue marl of the Claiborne strata does not appear in the bluff's, but a siena- 

 brown clay, stratified in layers 1 to 8 inches in thickness, with sand intervening. 

 It is well exhibited at the point mentioned, in a mill race, and I was informed 

 that in digging it, a great abundance of fine impressions of leaves were found — 

 chiefly dicotyledonous, it appears, but among them also a palm (Stbat?) leaf. I 

 was also informed, that on the banks of the Chickasawhay, due W. of the place, 

 the same clay is found underlaid by marl containing numerous indurate ledges, 

 and large round oysters — the same, no doubt, as those occurring at Falling 

 Creek. — Immediately S. of this locality, on the verge of the bottom of Coonupy 

 Greek, we find prairie hilltops, and on the hillsides, outcrops oi white marl con- 

 taining fossils of the Jackson Group, underlaid by brownish clayey sand. 

 According to level, the thickness of this lignitic, leaf-bearing stratum cannot 

 greatly exceed 30 feet. 



197. At Garlandsville, Jasper county, on S. 8, T. 4, R. 11 E., we find on 

 Suanlovey Creek, an outcrop of lignite of good quality, of which about 2 feet 

 are exhibited above the bed of the stream ; it is overlaid by about 2 feet of a 

 lignitic clay, or earthy lignite. Higher up on the hills just S. of the outcrop 

 mentioned (at Dr. Loughridge's), we find the bald prairie with Zeuglodon bones, 

 oysters, and other fossils of the Jackson Group. I have had no means of ascer- 

 taining its thickness at this point. 



Near Jackson, on Moody's branch, we find beneath the shell-bearing sand, first 

 brae sandy clay with ferruginous concretions, and beneath, earthy lignite under- 



