BULLETIN OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA 



Vol. 15, pp. 37-210 May 28, 1904 



CARBONIFEROUS OF THE APPALACHIAN BASIN 



BY JOHN J. STEVENSON 



(Presented before the Society January 1, 190 If) 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 38 



Potts ville of Lesley : Serai conglomerate of Rogers 38 



Nomenclature 38 



The anthracite strip 39 



Location and extent of the fields 39 



Southern field 40 



Western Middle field 41 



Eastern Middle field 42 



Northern field 42 



Coal beds of the Anthracite fields 43 



Broad Top field 49 



Eastern edge of Allegheny plateau 50 



Eastern counties of Allegheny plateau 54 



Western counties of Pennsylvania 64 



Northern and Western outcrop in Ohio 76 



Kentucky 92 



Tennessee 114 



Alabama 126 



Tennessee . 136 



Virginia 147 



West Virginia 156 



West Virginia north from Kanawha river and Chesapeake and Ohio rail- 

 road 176 



West Virginia — central and western counties 190 



Correlation , 201 



Synonymy 204 



The Kanawha valley 208 



The anthracite fields of Pennsylvania 210 



VI— Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., Vol. 15, 1903 (37) 



