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Doctor White gives two sections, one in central Raleigh, on the au- 

 thority of Mr Miller, the other made by himself near Oceana, in central 

 Wyoming, almost directly west from the former. These are 



Raleigh 



Feet. Inches 



1. Sandstone, shale 98 



2. Coal bed and partings .... 4 8 



3. Shale 43 



4. Coal bed and partings 18 5 



5. Sandstone and shale 217 



6. Coal bed . 4 



7. Sandstone 19 



8. Coal bed 1 



9. Fireclay and shale. 37 2 



10. Coal bed 3 2 



11. Fireclay, sandstone, shale 115 6 



12. Coal bed 2 



13. Fireclay, shale, and sandstone 91 4 



14. Coal bed and partings , 9 8 



15. Sandstone 46 



16. Coal bed 3 



17. Sandstone and shale 208 



Wyoming 



1. Sandstone and concealed 100 



2. Coal bed 3 8 



3. Sandstone and concealed 155 



4. Cannel shale and coal. . 3 



5. Massive sandstone and concealed 72 



6. Coal bed and partings 27 2 



7. Concealed and sandstone 20 



8. Coal bed 9 



9. Fireclay, sandstone, shale. ... 65 



10. Coal bed and partings 24 9 



11. Massive sandstone 100 



12. Concealed and shale 60 



13. Coal bed 7 7 



14. Sandstone and concealed 70 



15. Coal bed t 5 8 



16. Concealed and shales 65 



17. Coal bed 2 3 



18. Shale, sandstone, and two thin coal beds 212 



In each case the section rests on the Nuttall sandstone, and the top 

 is taken to underlie the Charleston sandstone. The Eagle coal bed is 

 easily recognized in numbers 14 and 15 of the respective sections at 254 

 and 279 feet above the Nuttall (Sharon) sandstone, but the limestones 



