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as the Pickens coal bed. That at 569, known locally as the " Gimmel," 

 is most probably the Eagle coal bed. 



No measurements have been published for localities between Pickens 

 and the northern border of Randolph county, almost 20 miles. Some 

 borings at about 15 miles north from Pickens indicate a thickness of not 

 far from 500 feet for the Lower Pottsville. At the bottom, for nearly 200 

 feet, the rocks are almost wholly conglomerates or coarse sandstones. 

 Some coal beds are present higher up, but they are very thin and appar- 

 ently do not occur at the same levels in the different borings, which are 

 separated by short distances. 



Borings were drilled with diamond drill in northern Randolph county 

 at two places on the Valley river. These are reported by Doctor White 

 in connection with the exposed section to the Stockton coal bed. The 

 first north from Beaver Creek is 



Feet. Inches 



1. [Stockton] coal bed and partings 14 



2. Fireclay and sandy shales 10 



3. Sandstone, conglomerate with five layers of shale or 



clay ; in all, 9 feet 1 inch 282 



4. Coal bed 4 



5. Shale 13 



6. Sandstone and sandy shale 48 5 



7. Shale and black shale 6 4 



8. Sandstone and sandy shale 36 1 



9. Coal bed, including 12 feet of sandy slate J 5 1 



10. Fireclay and sandstone 5 8 



to bottom of boring, 431 feet 3 inches. The exposure below the Stock- 

 ton coal is complete, and the sandstone shows no break for 187 feet. It 

 contains streaks as well as three beds of conglomerate, 15, 26, and 10 

 feet thick. The upper portion of the mass, 50 to 75 feet thick, is the 

 Roaring Creek sandstone of I. C. White, so named from Roaring creek, 

 in Randolph county, where it forms a fall of 50 feet or more. The mass 

 can be followed up the Valley river to Pickens, in the southern part of 

 the county, where it forms cliffs on the hillsides. The coals in this 

 section are at 292 and 396 to 411 feet below the Stockton. The other 

 boring was opposite the mouth of Laurel run, near the Randolph-Bar- 

 bour line. It differs somewhat : 



Feet. Inches 



1. [Stockton] coal bed and partings 10 



2. Interval 293 10 



3. Coal bed 1 2 



4. Sandstone and sandy shale 54 5 



5. Black shale 8 9 



6. Sandstone and sandy shale 31 9 



7. Sandstone 141 11 



8. Coal bed, divided by 7 feet 11 inches of shale JO 9 



9. Fireclay and sandstone 62 9 



