T. SPKATT ON THE COAL-BEARING DEPOSITS NEAR EREKLI. 527 



22 inches. - 



t 



7 inches. ■{ 



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14 inches. - 



5 inches. 



86 inches. - 



2 inches. 



Overlying shale. Dip 26° S.E. 



Thin band with fossil plants. 



Coal, of good quality. 



Shale. 



Coal-seam, very good. 



Shale. 



Coal-seam, good. 



Clay. 



Uncertain. - 



I 



Shales and sandstones. 



From this seam I was so fortunate as to procure a few fragments 

 of fossil plants that seemed to be unmistakably of the true Coal- 

 measures ; and thus the important difference between them and the 

 lignites of the Levant was at once evident to me. In the roof of 

 this mine I observed an impression of what appeared to be an 

 almost circular leaf, that measured nearly 4 feet in diameter. 



Mr. Barkley informed me that in one of the mines trunks of 

 trees had also been found in situ, the diameter of which never ex- 

 ceeded about one foot, — the outer part of these trunks being con- 

 verted into pure coal, whilst the interior or core was composed of 



